Making a decent living in the arts has always been a challenge. It takes a long time to find one’s voice, style, and rhythm, and during this time one has to eat!
To commemorate the commitment to LABOR on this Labor Day, here’s a list of writers and artists and a mixed-up list of the jobs they held before–or while–they pursued their creative lives. The first TWO people to email me the correct match-ups will receive a signed JB book copy of their choosing. Good luck!
Gretel Ehrlich
Langston Hughes
Georgia O’Keeffe
Philip Levine
Wm. Carlos Williams
Barbara Kingsolver
Robert Frost
Wallace Stevens
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Maya Angelou
trauma therapist, counselor
director, producer, actress
lab technician, biology professor
farmer
advertising graphic designer
Wyoming sheep rancher
cook & seaman
pediatrician, obstetrician
insurance executive
industrial auto worker
