grad student
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In some regards this narrator, a husband and father, is Mr. Lerner’s most mature alter ego, but he often seems like the same schlemiel as the feckless grad student in “Leaving the Atocha Station.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Pat Apap, a graduate assistant at NYU, helped plan kitten therapy for grad student appreciation week.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025
As a zit-faced grad student, I started a new research project that used lactic acid bacteria, or LAB, as a method for food safety.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025
Told in an elliptical style with novelistic chapters, the story follows Agnes, a literature grad student turned junior professor at a small liberal arts college who is struggling to move forward from a traumatic event.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
A fellow grad student, Pierce’s favorite, dropped out without warning, improving Ralph’s prospects.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
