tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444226917491515772.post7467516274184418757..comments2023-09-16T03:50:43.805-07:00Comments on The Book in the Drawer: From Book to FilmBabette Fraser Halehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16801971149305731956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444226917491515772.post-12515140366560615812006-08-25T17:37:54.693-07:002006-08-25T17:37:54.693-07:00Thanks for your linking help & I forgive Raymo...Thanks for your linking help & I forgive Raymond Carver virtually anything, have you read the short story Short Cuts? Chilling.Helen Sparkleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259620346455472748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444226917491515772.post-17171218209727392122006-08-25T19:11:32.506-07:002006-08-25T19:11:32.506-07:00Carver came to UH while I was in the creative writ...Carver came to UH while I was in the creative writing program there, shortly before he died, and actually edited a couple of pages of a story I was working on. Excising, extraneous bits, in fact. I feel fortunate to have known him even so briefly. A nice man.<br>I think I've read everything he wrote except the poetry...<br>Are you familiar with the controversy over how much his editor Gordon Lish may have cut from his early work? Check this link and tell me what you think:http://donswaim.com/nytimes.carverchronicles.html<br>This would explain the 2 versions of "A Small, Good Thing." I thought the more expansive, later version (which may have been the pre-cut earliest version) more human and overall greater.Babette Halehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16801971149305731956noreply@blogger.com