FIRST PERSON

Runner-Up

Given the choice, a finalist who repeatedly came in second would rather know that upfront than be kept in the dark

By PHILIP RUBIN

In two years on the job market in English, I gained considerable familiarity with the position of runner-up. Even in saying so, I feel the inherent ambivalence of that position: pride (at being a finalist a good number of times)...

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