Yet for quixotic reasons--namely, that I enjoyed writing obits-- I had decided to scale back on articles about city life in order to write exclusively about the city's dead. For even less money. It was a strange and inexplicable career move.

Avi Steinberg
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Although it is true that for most of his life, Aaron McGruder has written about the city, he had decided to scale back on articles about city life in order to write exclusively about the city's dead. For even less money. It was a strange and inexplicable career move.

Source: Running The Books: The Adventures Of An Accidental Prison Librarian

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