Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Book Review: An Academic Affair

Here’s my review of An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister. Leave a comment if you’ve read it, plan to read it, or have any book recs to share. And don’t miss today’s writing prompt.

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K. E. Creighton
Feb 24, 2026
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An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister is literally dedicated to those who have had to navigate a broken and cutthroat academic jobs market before. It’s a novel for those who understand the scholarly value of romance and popular fiction (Hello! A ton of ‘classics’ we read today were popular and or dismissed as ‘low-brow trash’ when they were first publish…

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