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writer who was so enthusiastic. She even compared me to Richard Ford. And then when I asked her for a blurb for Baby & Other Stories, she wrote me a very unkind letter about how much she disliked the book. That one took me a week before I could lift my head up because she had been my mentor. Those were two lows. But the great things--getting the great reviews, and the people who get my books. And then also to have the support of Jonathan Franzen. I don't know him; I just wrote him a letter that said how much Freedom meant to me at a specific time in my life,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and talked to him about other things. And then a year later I get the most amazing postcard from him. He gets me, and for me there isn't a higher honor because I'm a huge, huge fan. Another great high is working with Mark Doten at Soho--it's been an amazing relationship.How did your creative writing program help you along?My Bachelor's degree was in psychology and anthropology, and even though I was a voracious reader, I didn't have as strong