34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE

34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE

I am only 26. Perhaps I shall succeed in doing something.

34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE
Feb 01, 2009
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A 26-year-old writer says in a letter: “Thank you for the flattering things you say about my work and for having published my story so soon.”

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He goes on to say all his friends and relatives take a condescending attitude to his writing and never cease to tell him not to give up his day job for the sake of sc…

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