BAR RAISER In 2018, Lauren Hough was a bartender at the Iron Bear Bar in downtown Austin, Texas, and a student at Austin Community College. “I was like, ‘Hey everyone, you want to hear some cable guy stories?’” she recalled in a recent phone interview. Not long after, Hough said, “Huffington Post asked if I could write a whole story about it.” That piece, “I Was a Cable Guy. Hough fielded calls about her book deal while at the Iron Bear: “The whole thing was bizarre. It’s a similar connection that I think you make sometimes with people as a writer.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2021 09:00 UTC