The Work of Debt Collection

It was a dirty job but somebody had to do it

art by Emily Traynor

I'm sharing a piece from my VICE days that holds a special place in my writing career, even though it never found the audience I thought it deserved.¹ Published in 2015 during what Slate would later dub my "king of quit lit" phase, this article about my stint as a debt collector in Montana remains a personal favorite from that period.

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