‘In the Basement of the Ivory Tower’ by Professor X

‘In the Basement of the Ivory Tower’ by Professor X - Review - NYTimes.com: "He is a bit wicked, this Professor X. His book-length expansion of the article, “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower,” is rippled with mellow sarcasm. Reading one student’s terrible paper about Sylvia Plath, he says: “I pictured her writing it in a bar, or while driving to class or skydiving. Maybe she composed it as one long text message to herself.”"