Niazi swings between journalistic writing, editing, and production before she lands a job in the BBC’s commissioning department. In fact, she seems to shy away from any real exploration of what literary ambition means. Niazi does show a certain devil-may-care swagger by describing Life After Ambition as merely “good enough,” which all but dares readers to dismiss it. Life After Ambition, in contrast, mostly inhabits the realm of the external, and it does not put on a stylistic show. The post The Post-Ambition Trap appeared first on The Atlantic.