A Discussion About Bad Habits in Academia With Author Amy Gentry

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 5:28 a.m.

b'This week on Papa PhD, I\'m discussing a fictional book \\u2013 a thriller set within academia \\u2013 with author Amy Gentry.In our conversation, I talked with Amy about her personal experience going through a PhD in the humanities and about what aspects of that experience inspired her to write \\u201cBad Habits\\u201d.\\t\\t
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\\n\\t\\tAmy Gentry is the author of Good as Gone, a New York Times Notable Book, and Last Woman Standing. She is also a book reviewer and essayist whose work has appeared in numerous outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, Salon, the Paris Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Austin Chronicle.She holds a PhD in English from the University of Chicago and lives in Austin, Texas.\\t\\t
\\n\\t\\t\\tThank you, Amy Gentry!\\t\\t
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\\n\\t\\tAmy Gentry | LinkedInAmy Gentry | TwitterAmy Gentry | WebsiteAmy Gentry - Bad Habits | Book\\t\\t
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