"Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.
I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did. Being called talented at school had only made me a target for resentment. I wanted to work. Work, I could honor.
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I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did. Be...
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