I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's USD10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'

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“I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's USD10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'”