Brian Platzer has an MFA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and a BA from Columbia University. His writing has appeared often in the New Yorker's "Shouts and Murmurs" and McSweeney's "Internet Tendency," as well as in the New York Times, New Republic, Salon, and elsewhere. He teaches middle-school English in Manhattan.
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A beloved schoolteacher chronicles the meteoric rise of his most dazzling student in this ambitious, big-hearted work of literary fiction, perfect for fans of Nathan Hill, Susan Choi, and Tess Gunty. Mr. Keating is an extrao... SEE MORE