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(Or, A Memoir in Ten Little Pieces) 3.  A constant reader and wholly impressionable lad, I decided to become a writer in 1974 and imitate Woodward and Bernstein, the reporters who uncovered Watergate. Not the real Woodward and Bernstein, but Redford and Hoffman, who made writing look interesting and glamorous. The line between the real and imagined is further blurred.4. College/collage. Abandoning my goal of working for The Washington Post, I begin to read and write in earnest. Juvenilia appears everywhere. 5. Following stints as a construction worker, cigar store manager, and box office clerk at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, I land my first "job" at the National Endowment for the Arts, answering mail for the agency's chairman. I was the first person to realize that there is a problem when letters arrive complaining about 'controversial' artworks.
Many of the hundreds of letters include an item from a newsletter explaining what the work represents. The newsletter also solicits a 'contribution' of $35 to help combat evil art. I begin to realize that this is an interesting way to make $35. Click here to continue |
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