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Why T.S. Eliot kept his day job

austinkleon:

“Even after he published, Prufrock and The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot continued to work his day job at a bank.” Great article about why Eliot chose to keep working, even after all his friends basically Kickstartered him and tried to get him to quit. “…nobody wants to think about the poet at the water cooler, or, even worse, pouring over actuarial tables.”

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    I have enough trouble being creative while also working...I’m not published and famous!
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    job. If you’re...writer, you should too. It can...be good...
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    This is really interesting. I’ve thought about how...writer and sustain a living as well...
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    I have given your child some anti- biotics and also some candy for being a good boy Once daily, by mouth with water,...
  13. thecreepypoet12 said: yeah, heaven forbid poets might want to feed themselves. XD
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    It’s all about William Carlos Williams
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    Look, Eliot, I’m really happy for you...Imma let you finish, BUT WALLACE STEVENS HAD THE...
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