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'Should I Leave My 12-Year-Old Daughter Behind to Pursue My Dreams?'

In a word? No.

Heather Havrilesky
Mar 18, 2024
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Far From (1964) by Dorothea Tanning

Hi Polly.

I finish my Masters in July, and can stay in my current city to continue on to PhD. It’s not guaranteed but there’s a very good chance I’ll get a scholarship to do so. I want to do PhD, for pleasure, for pain, so that I don’t end up back working in a café full time, which given the job market in the arts here,…

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