My roads diverging, by Steve Almond
Meditative Story
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Choosing a Career in Journalism
i'm freshly graduated from a liberal arts college with an english degree. My hair is styled an unironic mullet, and my wardrobe is dominated by moth eaten cardigans and peg jeans. I have sent my resume to every newspaper in new england and landed precisely one interview at the patriot ledger in quincey, massachusetts. This is actually promising because the patriot ledger is what's known as a feeder paper. A job there, i'm told, will lead to a job at the boston globe and eventually the new york times. Once i work at the new York Times, i will officially be a success,. And my mother will stop worrying that i am going to
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