Topic: lunch

In the dark days of my post-collegiate life, I moved to New York and waited tables while I tried to worm my way into an editorial assistantship in traditional publishing. Most self-respecting restaurants serve a staff meal and there’s often plenty of snacks throughout the shift, so lunch was never an issue there. When I finally landed a close approximation of what I thought was my dream job–an assistant in an editorial department!–I was dismayed to learn that the publishing industry cares not for your living expenses. In fact, traditional publishing thinks your student loans and rent and bills and New York’s notoriously high cost of living can go fuck themselves, because traditional publishing is not helping out. More »