Feb
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“Graduation brought ample fanfare from the department and the school at large—a prize for my thesis, an honors ceremony, an honors society, and a magna cum laude distinction—that nonetheless left me with a vague, mildewy feeling of apprehension…That summer, there was nothing on the horizon for me to look forward to. No one helped me focus my thoughts, the way my advisor had in college, and all reassurance seemed hollow when cast against the backdrop of 2010’s recession economy. Every day, when I wasn’t checking groceries, I took long walks around my half-empty college town.”
read about mentors and my Bell Jar summer at Emily Books
