Academic Outlaws Jane R. Willis and the place of poetry

and the place of poetry in cinematic expression—what Pasolini called the ‘‘cinema of poetry

starting assignments based on merit rather than race

The latter wrote to him expressing ''a million congratulations''

the dynamics of their relationship

This book weaves time-tested theory with new stories of successful educational change from the US and around the world

Academic Outlaws Jane R. Willis and the place of poetryScholarly yet provocatively written, Academic Outlaws presents a discussion of how life in the academic world is experienced by gay men and lesbian women. Using a narrative style that mixes autobiography, case study data and fiction, William G Tierney provides timely insight into the challenges gays and lesbians face in higher education and proposes an alternative process for redefining long established cultural norms.