AGONY EDITOR
Dear Agony Editor,
My mother is 83 and believes she’s a brilliant poet. She is not. She has self-published three books of poetry and, while she’s tight-lipped, I’m guessing her printing bill to date is about $10,000. Meanwhile, the books are piling up, unsold, around her apartment. I want to be supportive, but I also don’t want her to keep spending money foolishly. What can I do?