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Article: How James Frey Changed My Life
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- The Texas Observer
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Texas Democracy Foundation Aug 11, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Last year marked my first on the job market as a teacher of creative writing. I spent most of the fall in rural Pennsylvania sending out hundreds of resumes and cover letters, watching wistfully as beautiful red, gold, and yellow leaves fell outside my basement office window at Bucknell University, an idyllic campus where I was spending a semester as a writer-in-residence. I felt more like a frantic job-seeker-in-residence trying to squeeze in a few hours of daily writing to maintain respectability. My ability to apply for jobs hinged entirely on the fact that my memoir had been sold the previous March and was on its way to becoming a book with an actual ISBN. The book, Poster Child, is the ...