The
Manfred Mickleson Letter. This links to the
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. Mickleson
is an imaginary, "...'composite candidate' representing the
newest PhD's being produced by English graduate programs".
Mickleson was taken as an actual candidate by a number of
English departments to whom the letter was sent. A recent
article in The Chronicle of Higher Education links
the 'Mickleson hoax' to the Sokal Affair.