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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred - Page 142 of 307 "Yes, I remember that." I said as calmly as I could. Nonconfrontational Nephi does not do conflict well. "Well what the hell did you think we were going to be investigating? Dead people? Like the long list of dead authors your master's thesis mentions in your works cited and works consulted pages?" "You went and read my thesis?" "I like to know who I'm working with Nephi. And I didn't have to go anywhere. The U put it up at the library website. Information is always useful. I'll be honest, it bored the hell out of me." "It wasn't written for you." I said defensively. I frankly liked it. Power, Identity and Personal Responpsonsibility in the work of the American Moderns. I confess that one of my advisors called it "serviceable" and I still sting from that remark today, but then most English professors can be smug and more than a little in love with the smell of their own gaseous emissions. English professors seem absolutely intent on the destruction of literature. "We don't investigate dead people, Nephi. This is the real world and we have to deal with people who are alive. And what the hell does it matter that Sariah is beautiful?" I could have lied but there was no point. "She makes me nervous." |
