“[A. Scott Berg, biographer of Maxwell Perkins] said that when [Thomas] Wolfe wrote a book that detailed how Perkins had hewn his novels from dense forests of Wolfean prose, ‘Perkins begged him, in vain, not to publish it. Max always said that if editors were too well known the public would lose faith in writers, […]
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Perkins waved red flag, but Wolfe ignored it. Too bad.
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged a scott berg, colin firth, genius, jude law, ken hanke, maxwell perkins, tad friend, thomas wolfe on June 16, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
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