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The Lobrano Collection
I spent months researching and writing this piece on the New Yorker fiction editor Gus Lobrano, whose archive is now at the Morgan Library. Before I put them away, I’ll take a photo of the stack of books I consulted.
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“Fiddlesticks” is Scarlett O’Hara’s way of saying “Fuck this shit.”
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
“Whom" may indeed be on the way out, but so is Venice, and we still like to go there.”
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
“But good writers have a reason for doing things the way they do them, and if you tinker with their work, taking it upon yourself to neutralize a slightly eccentric usage or zap a comma or sharpen the emphasis of something that the writer was deliberately keeping obscure, you are not helping. In my experience, the really great writers enjoy the editorial process. They weigh queries, and they accept or reject them for good reasons. They are not defensive. The whole point of having things read before publication is to test their effect on a general reader. You want to make sure when you go out there that the tag on the back of your collar isn’t poking up—unless, of course, you are deliberately wearing your clothes inside out.”
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
― Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
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