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This third, well-balanced volume of the essay series edited by Lopate collects 47 selections written from 2000 to the present. Several essays focus on how authors became writers while working other jobs: Thomas Beller's "Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man" details his work as an inventory clerk at H&H bagel shop in New York City; Yiyun Li's "Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life" outlines...Log In or Sign Up to Read More