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...FM: Bridie and Keith, who were writers that influenced you the most...
...FM: Tell us this is all for something. How did your undergraduate experience help you to make a career as a writer...
Bridie Clark: I was an English major...I also wrote for FM. With that skill set, a career in publishing made sense...
Keith Gessen: As an undergrad, I didn’t entirely like any of the publications at Harvard so I wrote a little bit for FM and the Advocate but I didn’t join any of them. I tried out for the Lampoon and I didn’t get in. I didn’t get a great sense from Harvard about what being a writer would be like. My parents were Russian immigrants so I knew what a Russian writer would be like and how a Russian writer lives, which is sort of like...
...FM: You all write in very different styles. Simon, you chose humor, Bridie, chick lit, and Keith, well, I guess you’re more of an intellectual voice. Why did you choose to write this way? Keith...