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Those two pieces of advice have shaped my career as a writer and a producer of books for other people.

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Avis has just smoked a joint and gotten into bed; I made the couch into a bed by putting on sheets and a blanket and a pillow. It’s been a long time since I’ve slept in the same room as someone. I wonder if I’ll be relaxed enough to sleep.

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I was exceedingly polite and tried to be as genteel as possible. I had never been exposed to so many old-line Protestant people from “good families” before: the men in their woolly grey suits and the elderly women in their print dresses with the inevitable pin and string of pearls.

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Here’s a handful of useful resume equivalencies to help in the often painful job search.