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Mahoganyanais
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Username: Mahoganyanais

Post Number: 176
Registered: 01-2005

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Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 08:43 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

A Rage in Chicago by Helen Joyce and Regina Dionne is about the often
difficult road traveled by many students to obtain a PhD.

Anyone who has ever completed a PhD program or is in the process of
obtaining a PhD can identify with the characters in our novel A Rage
in Chicago. And those who are unfamiliar with PhD programs will get a
first hand account of how these programs work. They will find out
what itıs like for students to undergo the two years of grueling
course work, take the qualifying exam where students are tested on
thirty-two assigned books in the field of social work, undergo the
committee process and oral defense of the dissertation.

While African-American students and women who go through PhD programs
might be prepared for the reality of racism and sexism of these
professors. No one is ever prepared for the evil mind games some
professors play on students which can send them to the edge of
despair. These mind games are tantamount to mental and psychological
abuse. In order to preserve their sanity some students just give up
their dream of ever getting a PhD by walking away from the process
altogether. Others suffer severe depression, nervous breakdowns or
attempt suicide. Parents who are paying for their
children's college and graduate school education will want to read
this book so they will know about the pitfalls of doctoral study and
the mind games.

Those unfamiliar with the field of social work will certainly be
surprised that social work which is perceived as one of the "easier
sciences" can take anywhere from 8 to 10 years to get a PhD. For
more information regarding A Rage in Chicago, please click the link
below http://rosedogbookstore.com/rageinchicago.html.

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Musewrite
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2005

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Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 03:26 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Dear Mahoganyanais:

Thank you for posting our novel, A Rage in Chicago--Helen Joyce & Regina Dionne.
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Musewrite
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Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 03:30 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

You can read a 3-page excerpt of A Rage in Chicago at http://rosedogbookstore.com/rageinchicago.html.
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Mahoganyanais
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Post Number: 453
Registered: 01-2005

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Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 12:26 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

You're welcome!
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Donnymichael
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Username: Donnymichael

Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2005

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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 06:16 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I read A Rage in Chicago twice I'm giving it five stars because it's an excellent story. It is thought provoking and the authors address racism and sexism in a profound manner. Most of all the novel is a true work of art where the publisher allowed the authors to address racial and sexual discrimination in a true light and where they didn't pull any punches in depicting the oppressive nature of the disseration committee that acted like Greek gods. As a brother I appreciate that these two authors had balance in their novel. In other words they did not spend their time bashing black men in their novel. Some authors who've had bad experiences personally with black men translate that negative experience in their writing. I loved the character Mariah Chavis who was an awesome black woman who clearly understood the struggle of African Americans and the Black man. Those Sunday Brunches she hosted gave the reader more insight of the struggles Black students go through. Emanuel Knight was a strong brother that I could relate to. He was a fighter, very intelligent with great insight and knew how to plan a great strategy against his foes. Eman had backbone and was solid as a rock. I really enjoyed how he broke down the politics of the disserttion committees.

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