Why was the short story by James Arthur Baldwin so  important for Myers?

A．It helped him survive the dark period.

B．It inspired him to pursue his writing career.

C．He learned many writing techniques from it.

D．The author of the story permitted him to write.

解析：B　考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段第一句中的“how a short story... the course of his life”以及最后一句“The story gave me a permission that I didn't know I needed, the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map”可知，Baldwin写的故事鼓励了Myers追求他自己的写作事业，故B项正确。

B

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