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And never mind that the lessons he meant to be helpful, his students always make people miserable with, and flunk anybody that disagrees with them!

John Barth

And never mind that the lessons he meant to be helpful, his students always make people miserable with, and flunk anybody that disagrees with them!

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About John Barth

John Simmons Barth (; May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world; and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. He was co-recipient of the National Book Award in 1973 for his episodic novel Chimera.