BacklogBeast t1_iy2w9nb wrote on November 28, 2022 at 9:36 AM Reply to What makes Raymond Carver so good in just two pages? by Valuable-Elevator511 Have you read the collection where Carver’s stories are without Gordon Lish’s edits? Look in to it. I love Carver, but I worry Lish has an outsized influence on how his style is perceived. Permalink 1
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Reply to What makes Raymond Carver so good in just two pages? by Valuable-Elevator511
Have you read the collection where Carver’s stories are without Gordon Lish’s edits? Look in to it.
I love Carver, but I worry Lish has an outsized influence on how his style is perceived.