Teaching life letters from a life in literature - Salwak, Dale 1947- (University of Iowa Press, 2008)
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Preface; Transition; Epiphanies; Only Connect; A Pastor's Heart; Lecturing; Choices; Reading; Under the Spell of a Novelist; Life vs. Art; Writing; Marriage; The Adventures of Scholarship; Work; When a Parent Dies; Intimations of Mortality; A Sad Art; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Index
Part epistolary memoir, part handbook, Teaching Life reflects on more than three decades of teaching literature and touching the lives of students. Both a reflection on a life in literature and a primer on teaching as a vocation, this soul-stirring work also provides behind-the-scenes stories of many of the authors who have influenced Dale Salwak's career