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“It was telling, then, that the one thing I did during my limited free time was attend a creative writing class.”
“Lit Hub Daily October 27, 2026 Amelia Soth on Carlo Ginzburg’s archive roulette So, how are books going?”
“It turns out that I didn’t fully understand the nature of the risk.”
“Her debut novel, Shelter , was longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize.”
“_______________________________ All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun is available from 37 Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.”
“Success is random.”
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“What motivated them, if not a wild, almost reckless, belief in the possibility of a life that might be worth the risk?”
“The words “be smart” kept ringing in my ears.”
““And nobody can fire her.” This last part seemed particularly important to him.”
“Trying to be a writer seemed like the opposite of that advice.”
“But I know that I wrote a story that I’m deeply proud of, and that’s a reward I wasn’t sure I’d ever earn.”
“The “randomness” that Dohle spoke of can take many forms.”
“My parents had worked as hard as humanly possible to be successful, but Dohle’s comments highlighted the fact that effort doesn’t always translate neatly in publishing.”
“If it did, every single author who managed to write and publish a book would be a bestseller, which of course doesn’t happen.”
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“In comparison, my Aunt D., with her nice office job and health insurance and personal days, had reached the top of a ladder they didn’t know how to climb.”
“He could never quite explain what she did for the federal government, but he was quick to list the things he coveted.”
“But the fact was, I was exhausted, and I knew that three more years on the job would end up feeling like thirty.”
“She received her MFA in English and creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.”
“There was no safety net for them in this country—or by extension, for me or my sister.”
“If I broke a bone, I had health insurance.”