How J.A. Baker became a great writer after showing no signs of talent for forty years
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J.A.Baker showed no signs of becoming a writer who would win a major prize, have a dedicated following for fifty years, and whose book would be thought of as a talisman for a movement. Although he spoke to his friends about his intense ambitions to be a writer, he was just another young man who used long words and wrote mediocre poetry. The one thing that seems to stand out from his early days is the name he gave to his ambition: he called it his house in the sky.
How J.A. Baker became a great writer after showing no signs of talent for forty years
How J.A. Baker became a great writer after…
How J.A. Baker became a great writer after showing no signs of talent for forty years
J.A.Baker showed no signs of becoming a writer who would win a major prize, have a dedicated following for fifty years, and whose book would be thought of as a talisman for a movement. Although he spoke to his friends about his intense ambitions to be a writer, he was just another young man who used long words and wrote mediocre poetry. The one thing that seems to stand out from his early days is the name he gave to his ambition: he called it his house in the sky.