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The Adjunct: A Novel
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A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book Of 2026 * GlamourS Best Books For Book Clubs 2026 * BustleS Best New Books Of Marchfrom The Acclaimed Author Of How To Be Eaten, A Fresh Take On The Campus Novel That Follows An Adjunct Professor Gigging Her Way Through AcademiaS Poor Job Market When She Crosses Paths With Her Old Phd Adviser, Whose New Novel Might Be About HerFor Readers Of Worry, Vladimir, And Less.Sam, An Adjunct Professor At A Public University In Baltimore, Takes A LastMinute Gig At The Private Liberal Arts College Down The Road. Overworked And Underpaid, She Lives In A Blur Of BackToBack Classes, Side Hustles, And Job Applications For An EverDwindling Number Of TenureTrack Positions. Her Already Precarious Existence Is Thrown Into Disarray When She Runs Into Her Former Grad School Adviser, Dr. Tom Sternberg, On Campus.Tom And Sam Have A Complicated History, And ItS The Last Thing She Wants To Think About As She Navigates Academic Politics, Institutional Hurdles, And Romantic Entanglements With Men And Women That Further Complicate A Sexuality Not Even She Can Define. Then She Learns That Tom Left His Old Job For Undisclosed ReasonsAnd His LongAwaited Second Novel Is About A Professor Reckoning With His Checkered Past. As Rumors Spread That Sam Is The Inspiration Behind A Central Character, She Fights To Regain Control Of The Story.A Hilarious Yet Sobering Look At How Hustle Culture Has Come To Define Modern Academia, The Adjunct Offers A Bold Twist On A Tangled Metoo Story And Turns SamS Downward Spiral Into A Searing Critique Of Class And The Hollow Promises Of The American Dream.
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