Carver Redux (The New Yorker Edition) − 22 January, 2008
Last month's Fiction issue of the New Yorker featured letters from Raymond Carver and the original version of "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" (nee "Beginners"). The New Yorker has a habit of not re-printing in long form the same content from their magazine online. On this subject, however, they have published not only what was in the fiction issue at the end of the year, but also another gem that could, well, only really survive on such a medium: re-print of the actual editing process as well.
Here are some links. Enjoy!
K
The back story: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/24/071224fa_fact
"Beginners" Edited: http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/12/24/071224on_onlineonly_carver
Letters from Carver to his editor, Gordon Lish: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/24/071224fa_fact_carver
"Beginners" (before it became "WWTAWWTAL": http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/12/24/071224fi_fiction_carver
Here are some links. Enjoy!
K
The back story: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/24/071224fa_fact
"Beginners" Edited: http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/12/24/071224on_onlineonly_carver
Letters from Carver to his editor, Gordon Lish: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/24/071224fa_fact_carver
"Beginners" (before it became "WWTAWWTAL": http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/12/24/071224fi_fiction_carver
