Thanks to Suzanne for this link:http://bookcritics.org/bl...

Thanks to Suzanne for this link:
http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/to_the_whiting_award_winners_2009/
to Margaret Atwood's speech at the Whiting Awards. My favorite bit was this, because yes, I went pre-med for my first degree, and yes, my parents - even though I am 36, had a decade-long career in business before I devoted my time to writing, and am currently teaching poetry at the university level - still tell me to go get my MD:
"Be vigilant – there are ambushes everywhere. On one side lurk ...