Privilege is a topic that doesn’t always receive the subjectivity and nuance it deserves. In “How I Got Here,” writers reflect on their experience of privilege (or lack thereof) in their writing careers. We hope these personal essays will help us appreciate the complexities of individual experience and view each other in a clearer light. I began writing novels not long after I turned thirty, which coincided with a life reckoning that made writing feel more important to me and, for that reason, feasible. At the time, I was playing in a band making the transition from relatively full-time […]
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