
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Early in his writing career, Kurt Vonnegut was surprised and annoyed to find his stories relegated by reviewers to “the drawer lab…
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Early in his writing career, Kur…
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Early in his writing career, Kurt Vonnegut was surprised and annoyed to find his stories relegated by reviewers to “the drawer labeled ‘science fiction.’ “ He wrote, “I would like out particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.”Many adults of a certain age have feelings similar to Vonnegut’s when it comes to the drawer labeled “old.” We hate that label. We despise that …