Fight For Your Long Day: Classroom Edition

In a polarized post-9/11 America, Cyrus Duffleman, adjunct anti-hero of the 21st century, bobs and weaves through five jobs at four universities in one day. Comedy and tragedy interweave as Duffleman braces for the challenges more and more American workers face in the new “gig” economy. If you care about the future of higher education, our students and teachers, this is the novel you need to read now. This classroom edition includes bonus essays, interviews and graphics about adjunct survival and the state of so-called ”higher” education. Alex Kudera's award-winning Fight for Your Long Day puts college realities on the map.

Alex Kudera has survived a decade of adjunct-teaching overloads but in some circles is better known for his mysterious injuries. He has bussed dishes and tutored English in two countries and fondly recalls writing in museums, parks, and zoos on several continents. A lifelong Philadelphian until fall 2007, Alex currently teaches literature and writing at Clemson University in South Carolina. "Fight for Your Long Day" is his first published novel, but he has promised several more.

Nathan Holic lives and writes in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches writing courses at the University of Central Florida, and drives from 7-Eleven to 7-Eleven in search of the perfect fountain- poured Diet Coke. He is the author of the novel AMERICAN FRATERNITY MAN (Beating Windward Press, 2013) and the editor of the annual anthology 15 Views of Orlando (Burrow Press), a literary portrait of the city featuring short fiction from fifteen Orlando authors. He serves as the Graphic Narrative Editor at The Florida Review.