How to Enter the Art World...: AFTER a late start / a first career / raising children / caring for parents / recovering from illness / a crisis of confidence / leaving it in disgust. Neal Shusterman the narrator finds herself haunted

the narrator finds herself haunted by the story of her older sister

For Gatsby - young

Each begins with a fascinating origin story

beachy urban residences to sun-drenched coastal retreats

Fresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War

How to Enter the Art World...: AFTER a late start / a first career / raising children / caring for parents / recovering from illness / a crisis of confidence / leaving it in disgust. Neal Shusterman the narrator finds herself hauntedA guide for anyone whose trajectory through the art world isnt a smooth upward curve, based on years of research with art professionals. The commercial art world is powered by a convenient fiction: that artists careers proceed along an established route, onwards and upwards, with always the same goal in sight. It is also notoriously hard to re enter after time away. Based on years spent talking with artists and arts professionals, How to Enter the Art