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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early July, 1984
Monday, July 2, 1984 It’s about 2 PM, and I’m in my room in the Barn at Austerlitz. The Millay Colony looks okay so far, but it’s going to be an adjustment. It’s much more rustic than the Virginia...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-July, 1984
Wednesday, July 11, 1984 1 PM. I lay down all yesterday afternoon with a bad headache. At dinner, I felt out of it, and I do feel different from everyone here. I’m the only person who doesn’t drink...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late July, 1984
Monday, July 23, 1984 Noon. This is the last time I’ll be writing at this desk with my window overlooking trees and fields. I was going to go to New York tomorrow by train, but Ann-Ellen is driving...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early August, 1984
Thursday, August 2, 1984 4:30 PM. I just returned from downtown, where I filed for unemployment benefits again. It took only two hours, and the claims-taker was helpful, so I have no complaints except...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-August, 1984
Saturday, August 11, 1984 7 PM. Last evening I read the first chapter of Sherry Turkle’s The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit, an exciting look at how computers are changing the way people...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late August, 1984
Thursday, August 23, 1984 8 PM. As I might have guessed, no sooner did I arrive in Florida than I became ill. I have the worst cold I’ve had in two years – since I came back to Florida two Augusts...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early September, 1984
Sunday, September 2, 1984 6 PM. I’ve spent most of the weekend in bed: the mattress on the floor of my parents’ living room. I’ve watched a lot of movies on cable TV: Gandhi again last night, and then...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-September, 1984
Wednesday, September 12, 1984 8 PM. I feel relieved after calling Professor Roberts, the Lehman College chairman, and telling him I was bowing out of the course he offered me to take a full-time job....
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late September, 1984
Friday, September 21, 1984 4 PM. September has had the most beautiful weather of all of the months I’ve been in New York, and we’ve had six days in a row that have been sunny and dry. I’ve just come...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early October, 1984
Monday, October 1, 1984 1 PM. It’s a cold, rainy first of October. I’ve just gotten home and am somewhat chilled and soaked. Well, I’ve got one-quarter of 1984 left to get through. Then a few days...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-October, 1984
Friday, October 12, 1984 11 PM. I’m in Teresa’s house in Becket, Massachusetts. I’ve got my own room, and she and Amira are on the other side of the house. Last evening I made a bunch of calls,...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late October, 1984
Saturday, October 20, 1984 4 PM. It’s been heaven to have a warm, cloudy Saturday all to myself, without even a single phone call. Living with Teresa doesn’t exactly make it easy for me to live a life...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early November, 1984
Thursday, November 1, 1984 9 PM. Mom and Dad should be landing back in Florida now. In just a dozen weeks, I’ll be there, too. It’s a long way off, but I bet it will go fast. The last two months have...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-November, 1984
Sunday, November 11, 1984 8 PM. I just got home from Mikey and Amy’s wedding half an hour ago. Up at 7:30 AM, I was out of the house by 8:45 AM to catch the 9:30 AM LIRR train to Roslyn....
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late November, 1984
Wednesday, November 21, 1984 8 PM on Thanksgiving Eve. The last few days have been unseasonably cold. The temperatures have ranged from 15° at night to 37° during the day. But as I’ve been prepared,...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early December, 1984
Saturday, December 1, 1984 8 AM. December already – the last month of 1984. Soon I’ll have to get used to it being 1985. This year flew by. Teresa’s asleep and I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-December, 1984
Tuesday, December 11, 1984 9 PM. A month from now I’ll be in Florida. I’ve stopped thinking about my stay in New York as “a good experience”: it’s simply where I’ve been living. Teaching at John Jay...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late December, 1984
Thursday, December 20, 1984 1 PM. Vacation! Today was the last day I’ll have to wake up at 7 AM – for the next couple of weeks, anyway. I didn’t do much with my classes, mostly going over their papers...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early January, 1985
Tuesday, January 1, 1985 Noon. It’s 1985. I just got up with a bad sore throat which is either the start of a severe cold like Ronna’s or (hopefully) the result of a late night of partying. New Year’s...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-January, 1985
Friday, January 11, 1985 5 PM. I’m awaiting my flight to Fort Lauderdale at the Delta terminal at JFK Airport. Perhaps writing will settle my nerves. I feel very panicky, more scared than I have in a...
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