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Some writers goal to develop one space of experience over the course of their careers. Anna Holmes has accomplished the other, following her curiosity wherever it leads: politics, relationships, intercourse, ladies and gender points, race, tradition and youngsters’s books.
“Let’s put it this manner: I don’t have a beat,” Ms. Holmes stated.
With a brand new task, although, she could also be near getting one.
Ms. Holmes is the incoming author of Work Friend, a column printed by the Sunday Enterprise part of The New York Occasions. Twice a month, she’ll dole out recommendation on cash, careers and work-life stability. (Ms. Holmes’s first version can be printed this weekend.) It’s a system she’s used to, having explored office tradition in Sad Desk Salad, a column for Bloomberg Businessweek.
Ms. Holmes takes the reins from Roxane Homosexual, who has steered the column since Could 2020, advising readers by means of conundrums equivalent to whether or not to precise political views in the office, what to do when colleagues exercise during video calls and how one can react to overly ambitious, go-getting co-workers.
Readers could acknowledge Ms. Holmes’s byline. She is a former contributor to Bookends, a column from The Occasions Ebook Overview, in addition to to different sections, together with Opinion. In 2007, she based Jezebel, the favored feminist on-line journal.
In an interview, Ms. Holmes spoke concerning the evolving office, the method of selecting which letters to handle and extra. This interview has been edited and condensed.
