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>The sample edits given at the end of the article go far beyond normal editorial changes. Right, as I was reading along, I thought how bad could this possibly
by glenstein 5y ago
>The sample edits given at the end of the article go far beyond normal editorial changes.
Right, as I was reading along, I thought how bad could this possibly be. But they changed:
>I lost $40
>at the track
>today
>so I'm somewhat
>bitter.
To this:
>and I won $400
>at the track
>today
>so I'm somewhat
>pleased.
Not that I've ever been a reader of Bukowski, but this is just changed into something that he simply didn't write.
I had no idea that this was something that people did.
- kingcharles 5y agoNow I'm wondering what other books of poetry this has happened to and I didn't know it? Altering a poem is a whole different animal than editing a book or a movie, for instance.
- sombremesa 5y ago> Altering a poem is a whole different animal than editing a book or a movie, for instance. I don’t know about that. George Lucas has managed to butcher his own movies after the fact, and newer audiences would never know. Hundreds of thousands of people still believe that “Go Set a Watchman” is a new book as opposed to the first draft of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”