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Get Me Rewrite: Tolstoy IS Out of Copyright
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: Henry Alford, Jonathan Taylor, Patricia Marx, Sandra Tsing Loh, Studio 360
Jonathan Taylor writes:
Some may try to slide by with "curating," but others know the power of really editing. Henry Alford had a brilliant piece on the October 2 edition of the radio show "Studio 360," asking writers about books they fantasize about being able to change—and how. I particularly like longtime New Yorker contributor Patricia Marx's idea for retitling Anna Karenina, and Sandra Tsing Loh has hilarious plans for The Bridges of Madison County:
