{"id":62597,"date":"2011-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-professor-emeritus-pens-a-giant-in-the-house-other-excesses\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T00:00:00","slug":"uri-professor-emeritus-pens-a-giant-in-the-house-other-excesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/uri-professor-emeritus-pens-a-giant-in-the-house-other-excesses\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 professor emeritus pens A Giant in the House & Other Excesses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tReading slated at Rochambeau branch of Providence Public Library, Jan. 23<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013December 20, 2011\u2014Daniel Pearlman, a professor emeritus of English at the 溏心vlog免费B站 and master of literary fantasy, retired from teaching in 2005, but fortunately he has never put his imaginative pen away.<\/p>\n


\n\tHis latest book, A Giant in the House & Other Excesses, published by The Merry Blacksmith Press (West Warwick, R.I.), demonstrates Pearlman hasn\u2019t lost his unique ability to create characters and situations with a funhouse mirror view of the world. Pearlman will read from the book at the Rochambeau branch of the Providence Public Library Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. The library is located at 708 Hope St., Providence. The reading is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\tPearlman\u2019s ironical\/fantastical stories and novellas began appearing in 1988 in magazines and anthologies. A Giant in the House & Other Excesses is his sixth book. <\/p>\n


\n\tWhen Pearlman, a resident of the East Side of Providence, gets thoughts about potential stories he \u201cgrabs them by the tail before they escape, and worries them into full-blown narratives.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tOne of those tail-grabbing tales in this collection, Lyonel Unbound, was drafted decades ago, but never got published. \u201cI never let it go, finally figuring out an effective revision only a couple of years ago,\u201d says the author.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn the story, a Walter Mitty-like English professor hustles through his carefully planned day. This day is especially important since his teaching will be evaluated to determine whether he is worthy of tenure. <\/p>\n


\n\tHowever, Lyonel falls quickly off his tight schedule by being on the losing side of a fight with his wife, Laura, as evidenced by a purple bruise on his left temple. He also has had to contend with a bag filled with his clothes that Laura unceremoniously dumped off at his office.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs the elevator slowly ascended, Lyonel wondered why Laura had decided just this morning to blow up at him when she could have held off for at least another day, knowing what he was up against. He understood the daily stress she was under, counseling battered wives, but that couldn\u2019t explain her timing.<\/p>\n


\n\tConsidering himself a reasonably good amateur psychologist, having double-majored in English and psychology, Lyonel attributed Laura\u2019s timing to the near-certainty she felt that he was due for a thumbs-down and she wanted them both to suffer in advance to ease the pain of the inevitable. <\/p>\n


\n\tLyonel\u2019s students, who in the past, have given him poor grades on their teaching evaluations, also irritate the professor. A trip to the men\u2019s room becomes Lyonel\u2019s undoing, particularly when his belt buckle unexpectedly breaks and his pants fall to his ankles. But not before he makes a Faustian deal with some of his devilish students, who promise tenure promoting evaluations in exchange for better grades. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe story is witty, dry, and ironic, signatures of Pearlman\u2019s tongue-placed-firmly-in-cheek writing style. But the book\u2019s other 11 short stories make a dozen reasons why weary shoppers should plop down for a winter\u2019s read and laugh. <\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about the book and how to purchase a copy, go to amazon.com. <\/p>\n

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