{"product_id":"the-adjunct-hardcover","title":"The Adjunct - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"darkly funny, deeply incisive\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) take on the campus novel that follows a woman on the edge gigging her way through academia's poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser, whose new novel might be about her.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2026 * \"Tense...Witty...Impeccably written.\" --\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books for Book Clubs 2026 * \"A unicorn...Truly thought-provoking.\" --\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, Best New Books of March\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSam, an adjunct professor at a public university in Baltimore, takes a last-minute position at the private liberal arts college down the road. Overworked and underpaid, she lives in a blur of back-to-back classes, side hustles, and job applications for an ever-dwindling number of tenure-track jobs. Her already precarious existence is thrown into disarray when she runs into her former grad school adviser, Dr. Tom Sternberg, on campus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom and Sam have a complicated history, and it's the last thing she wants to think about as she navigates academic politics, institutional hurdles, and romantic entanglements with men and women that further complicate a sexuality not even she can define. Then she learns that Tom left his old job for undisclosed reasons--and his long-awaited second novel is about a professor reckoning with his checkered past. As rumors spread that Sam is the inspiration behind a central character, she fights to regain control of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"entertaining, provocative\" (\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e) look at how hustle culture has come to define modern academia, \u003ci\u003eThe Adjunct \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a bold twist on a tangled MeToo story and turns Sam's downward spiral into a searing critique of class and the hollow promises of the American dream.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Adelmann is the award-winning author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eGirls of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e, an NPR book of the year and Belletrist book club pick. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications, and her work has been distinguished by The Best American Short Stories. Adelmann has lived in Baltimore and Copenhagen and now resides in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.67 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065226346671,"sku":"9781668089972","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3204\/7535\/files\/uLisXCLeKm9781668089972.webp?v=1781545969","url":"https:\/\/literarylilith.com\/products\/the-adjunct-hardcover","provider":"Literary LiLith","version":"1.0","type":"link"}