In My Memoir, I Admit That I've Been As Fearful Of Success As Of Failure. In Fact, When 'passages' Was Published, I So Dreaded Bad Reviews That I Ran Away To Italy With A Girlfriend And Our Children To Hide Out.

-Gail Sheehy

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In My Memoir, I Admit That I've

Gail Sheehy

In My Memoir, I Admit That I've Been As Fearful Of Success As Of Failure. In Fact, When 'passages' Was Published, I So Dreaded Bad Reviews That I Ran Away To Italy With A Girlfriend And Our Children To Hide Out.

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Journalism Today Is Obviously In A Major Transition. Going To Journalism School, Learning How To Write, Working Your Way Up In A Little Paper In Decatur, Georgia And Then Moving To Atlanta And Then Maybe To New York: It's Just Over. You Have To Have A Whole Other Set Of Skills Now. You Have To Be A Videographer, You Have To Do Social Media. You Can't Do A Long, Thoughtful, Insightful Piece If You Don't Have The Time To Do Reporting, Particularly Reporting Around Somebody Who Doesn't Want To Be Known Or An Issue That Doesn't Want To Reveal Itself.

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