Listen to a reading of “Suggestions for a Better Life” by Tom McAllister.

Student emails to tell me she hasn’t gotten into any of the MFA programs to which she applied, so now she has a question: I’m trying to figure out what to do with my life. Any suggestions? I respond that I do have suggestions, I have many suggestions, I’ve been waiting years for someone to finally ask for my suggestions, that I have considered nailing a list of suggestions to neighbors’ doors, that sometimes I can convince myself I have it more figured out than others; it’s

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