Such a wonderful paragraph; humor and honesty for a bracing tonic for all of us. "This is art camp for the midlist, haven’t been published in a long time; art camp, unlike those other places, you know, the ones where they serve you meals and people are always referring to their agents, their publishers, the thousands of paying subscribers to their Substacks which they barely need as they have a tenured position at X college where they mold MFA writers into being the new Sally Rooney or at least have a branded tote bag."
In the midlist of the journey of my life...
Apologies to Dante!
Such a wonderful paragraph; humor and honesty for a bracing tonic for all of us. "This is art camp for the midlist, haven’t been published in a long time; art camp, unlike those other places, you know, the ones where they serve you meals and people are always referring to their agents, their publishers, the thousands of paying subscribers to their Substacks which they barely need as they have a tenured position at X college where they mold MFA writers into being the new Sally Rooney or at least have a branded tote bag."
I can relate to the feeling minus the residency.
We miss you too 😉