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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late May, 1983
Monday, May 23, 1983 11 PM. Yesterday I walked to the New Yorker to catch the 4 PM showing of Baby, It’s You. I liked the movie, which was a very real presentation of how it was in the late ’60s in...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 1983
Wednesday, June 1, 1983 11 PM in Rockaway. Again I slept heavily because of clogged sinuses, and I had trouble breaking out of my dreams, so I didn’t get up until around 10:30 AM. For a change, it was...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-June, 1983
Friday, June 10, 1983 10 PM. At Grandma’s in Rockaway. I’ve just walked in from seeing the film War Games across the street. It was an excellent movie, and of course I have a crush on Matthew...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late June, 1983
Monday, June 20, 1983 8 PM. I’m beginning to think my problem is not urethritis – I have no discharge or burning after all, and my urine culture turned up okay – but prostate troubles. Yep, everyone...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early July, 1983
Friday, July 1, 1983 8 PM. That guy Michael Ladd turned out to be the nerd I expected; he’ll never write any article, and I politely wasted my time with him. Still, it did give me a chance to see the...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-July, 1983
Monday, July 11, 1983 10 PM. The more I think about my decision to rent the apartment in North Miami Beach, the better I feel about it. I think I’ll be comfortable there. Last night I fell asleep...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late July, 1983
Thursday, July 21, 1983 5 PM. I’m relaxing after a heavy workout for which I seemed to have lots of energy; in this heat, that’s surprising. The Bodyworks membership over this past year was definitely...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early August, 1983
Monday, August 1, 1983 10 PM. It turned out to be a busy day. Up early, I received a call from Gary Robbins, the Hollywood Sun-Tattler columnist, who asked if he could interview me about my...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-August, 1983
Thursday August 11, 1983 8 PM. I already feel somewhat let-down, just one day after seeing the Times Book Review. After all, what does the review of my book mean in terms of my life? Not much. I’m...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late August, 1983
Friday, August 19, 1983 8 PM. I got out of my depression today even though again there was no mail and there were no phone calls. I have to curb my sense of helplessness and rely on my self-confidence...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early September, 1983
Thursday, September 1, 1983 7 PM. I just turned off the TV news. The world seems more of a mess than usual. The Soviets shot down a Korean Airlines jet going from New York to Seoul, which apparently...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-September, 1983
Saturday, September 10, 1983 8 PM. Most of the friends I’ve told about my quitting graduate school weren’t all that surprised. Teresa said she expected it. Josh, who seems increasingly unhappy with...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late September, 1983
Tuesday, September 20, 1983 4 PM. I just leafed through the new Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, which arrived today. Scanning the New York City section – by far the biggest in the...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early October, 1983
Saturday, October 1, 1983 7 PM. Another Saturday night. It’s the first of October, the start of the last quarter of 1983. I’ve been pretty unhappy lately as the exhilaration and relief I felt at...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-October, 1983
Wednesday, October 12, 1983 8 PM. I’m in Davie. Marc’s car broke down on the way to my house, so he took mine and said he’ll take me to school in the morning – or else Jonathan will drop me off on his...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late October, 1983
Friday, October 21, 1983 10 PM. Five weeks of teaching at Broward Community College have gone by very quickly. I can’t remember a time when life seemed to move so fast. I suppose that’s good. My weeks...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early November, 1983
Tuesday, November 1, 1983 7 PM. I’m yawning as I write this. I’m tired. Up at 6 AM, I did sleep okay, but the day was a long one. First I had breakfast on University and Griffin, then made it to...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-November, 1983
Saturday, November 12, 1983 9 PM. Boy, was I depressed yesterday. It may have been insomnia or having the day off or perhaps a surfeit of all the good stuff that has happened lately, but all day I was...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late November, 1983
Tuesday, November 22, 1983 4 PM. I feel empty today. Last night, awakened by stomach cramps, I didn’t sleep very well. During the day, I felt bored. Giving the CLAST tests is much less interesting and...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early December, 1983
Thursday, December 1, 1983 4:30 PM on a hot and humid first of December. I got only two or three hours of sleep last night, but I felt surprisingly energetic today – that is, until about an hour ago....
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