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Poet Leah Umansky on teaching middle- and high-school English.

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Writer Lucy Zhang on her day job coding and its influence on her creative projects.

Fiction writer Ethan Chatagnier shares his experiences as a stay-at-home parent and tutor.

Poet Leona Sevick on how her day job as an academic administrator has shaped her writing life.

Matthew Thorburn’s experience as a poet working in the corporate world.

Poet Travis Mossotti on how his job in Information Technology at a university helps support and sustain both his creative life and his family life.

Hugh Martin explains how his essay from our spring issue, “See the Lady,” was sparked in part by a book he discovered that made him resee some of his own experiences.

Martin Ott explains why being a technical project manager is the perfect job for a writer.