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Senior Faculty members in the department write confidential letters to Kirby to explain their opinions of the candidates...
...wanted a real job. As a freelance writer it took me about three months to write a piece, and if I sold it to The New Yorker I might get fifteen grand, if I was published in a literary magazine I would be lucky to get a couple of free copies. I figured I’d get a stable job with a paycheck that would free me up to write whatever I wanted...
...grew up in a cop family and was always around cops and heard cop stories. Hanging around them I found that these were people who really loved their jobs. I could have probably found a job in Hollywood or teaching or something which would be close to writing but not quite. I thought it might be better to get a job which had nothing to do with writing so I would be free to write what I wanted...
...information about how much I got paid to write Blue Blood was in the newspapers so people didn’t even have to guess about that. But overall people on the force wished me well and were happy for me. I think they were also glad to see that I love the job enough to keep on doing it even though I don’t have to. They’re also glad to have someone telling their story...
...parents probably want their money back—I hope they have a receipt lying around somewhere. Being at Harvard prepared me for my job to the extent that learning how to write is learning how to think, and cops do have to think sometimes, you know. Coming to Harvard I felt a little bit like a fish out of the water, because Harvard is nothing like the working-class, middle-class Irish-Catholic high school I went to. Overall my college experience hasn’t helped me much in my current job, although I had great teachers...