“Unwritten” by Emily Sinclair (fiction ’14)
An excerpt from “Unwritten” by Emily Sinclair (fiction ’14), published by JuxtaProse.
Unwritten
Eighteen years old: I’m standing at the entrance to the newsroom at The Dallas Morning News. I’m wearing a white linen Ann Taylor suit and white stockings, bought special for this internship. For me, it’s a time during which I intend to come into the person I want to be: a hard-bitten reporter, albeit one with hot-rollered hair, because I’m a Texas gal. In my purse is a pack of cigarettes. It’s 1985. I love Madonna and Prince. This job is the bridge between the life I’ve been expected to lead and the life I have secretly always wanted for myself. This is my beginning.
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