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2011

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Spotlighting the Editor

An enlightening Paris Review interview with Robert Gottlieb, a veteran editor/publisher whose editorial touch you have undoubtedly experienced. The editorial process is after all, its own art form that is…
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The Perfect Sentence

Stanley Fish knows how to appreciate a sentence. And as an avid supporter, he handpicks the historically significant, the revolution-inspiring and the dangerous sentences that have been crafted over the…
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