Back to Swarthmore for a final year and a half, where biology finally gave way to economics and poli sci. Will Masters at DS and Stephen O'Connell and Larry Westphal at Swarthmore for that. Swarthmore was no longer boring, now that I had a passion. And these days I'm discovering that there's no more interesting way to study people than through literature. Thanks also to Joseph Conrad, Joan Didion, Studs Terkel, Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, V.S. Naipaul, and above all William Gaddis.
Current plans are to keep writing and try to get an editing job.
Failing that, a part-time job that lets me meet people, keep odd hours, and have a few days off each week to put pen to paper. Failing that, living in my Volvo until savings run out. Also I'm enthralled by Central Asia and am looking at ways of getting over there for a year or two. Give the factory-food places the boot. Stock up on grains and herbal remedies at Holmes Health Haven.