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Submitted to Contest #66
Lecturing about the success of others had dented Josephine’s ambition. She grew in contempt of speaking and glorifying the success of other writers. Her own success lied on the fact that she spoke about them in the first place, but that was her job; to teach about the greats and how and why they were so great. Her students never looked like they cared, and Lord knows Josephine barely cared either. During today’s class they were talking about the “Lost generation” of writers; a niche and odd bunch of troubled souls. Most of them died miserabl...
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