BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS: THE ODDEST ODD JOBS OF 10 LITERARY GREATS [COURTESY WRITER’S DIGEST]
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BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS: THE ODDEST ODD JOBS OF 10 LITERARY GREATS [COURTESY WRITER’S DIGEST]
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 
I believe Nathaniel Hawthorne worked at the Customs House in Salem, Ma. before writing his novels.
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He did, indeed, work at the Customs House in Boston.
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Interesting and fun facts:)
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I think so, too! 🙂
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I love this kind of stuff. I wrote a similar post in January.
http://acidfreepulp.com/2013/01/23/oyster-pirate-by-day-author-by-night/
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I love weird literary facts. I will definitely stop by to read your post.
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I love this! I’ll forward it to my good friends… and (lightly) highlight the story about Harper Lee.
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It’s great, isn’t it? So fun!
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I love the story about Harper Lee. What a beautiful thing to do.
it’s weird to read about these literary giants having such mundane, ordinary jobs. Wallace Stevens comes to mind, managing an insurance company whilst writing poetry…
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I think it is simultaneously weird and inspiring. It’s almost comforting, really, to know that they had to toil away like so many other people, yet produced such amazing works.
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