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published an earlier and much longer draft of Carver's story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" under Carver's title, "Beginners." The magazine published Lish's extensive edits of the story on its web site for comparison. In May 2010 Giles Harvey wrote an article in the
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magazine, "It was like some ghastly form of torture. To have to sit there listening to this self-indulgent egotist interrupting and insulting everybody. Really, there was not a moment of interest or enjoyment."
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reviewing Carver's work, and made the observation, "The publication of 'Beginners' has not done Carver any favors. Rather, it has inadvertently pointed up the editorial genius of Gordon Lish." Conversely,
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published "For Rupert – with no promises" as an unsigned work of fiction: this was the first time it had published a work without identifying the author. Readers speculated that it was the work of
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that he would deliver "the new fiction"; he would hold this position until 1977. Here he became known as "Captain
Fiction" for the number of authors whose careers he assisted, including Carver,
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September 1972 because of Lish's expurgations) resisted. Wrote Paul Bowles, "I fail completely to understand the meaning of the suggestions, or of the story as it incorporates them."
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described Lish's influence as 'baleful' and heartless, singling out the story 'The Bath' as 'a total re-write' and 'a cheat'. In 2013, David
Winters wrote a profile of Lish for
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that Lish's aggressive editing of Carver's "Neighbors" in 1971 created the minimalist effect for which he was later known, as Carol
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documents the narrator's experiences under the tutelage of Gordon Lish. In the novel, Lish is the basis for the character of
Stanley Flint, an enigmatic writing teacher.
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doesn't tell me anything about human truth." They have also called him "an unbelievably crazy, manipulative, egomaniacal person." One student told
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so that we are deprived of the good fortune of being in charge of it, rather than the other way around.”
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was a finalist, and Dana Spiotta was a finalist for the award in 2006 for
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who routinely disparaged Lish's more idiosyncratic influences, including
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1363:"Personal Details for G Lish, 'United States Public Records, 1970–2009'"
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in 1977 as senior editor to take a position with the publishing firm of
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and continued to correspond with Carruth, who introduced Lish to the
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Lish, Gordon (Winter 1978). "For Rupert – with no promises".
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but left without graduating following an altercation with an
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firm. During his formative years, he suffered from extreme
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introduced such authors as J. E. Pitts, Jason Schwartz,
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classmate in 1952. While briefly institutionalized in
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and published a facsimile page showing the editing,
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1843:"Raymond Carver's Life and Stories"
1841:King, Stephen (November 19, 2009).
1261:The Selected Stories of Gordon Lish
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2039:The Review of Contemporary Fiction
1861:Winters, David (August 29, 2013).
1691:The Spectacle of the Body: Stories
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2007:(Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996).
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2290:People from Hewlett, New York
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402:and the promise to publisher
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1247:The Secret Life of Our Times
1043:All Our Secrets Are the Same
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2033:O'Brien, John (Fall 2003).
2018:The Engineer of Moonlight (
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1410:"An Angry Flash of Gordon"
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1015:anymore"; the redesign of
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2255:Writers from California
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1884:(Viking Penguin, 2007).
1786:"The Carver Chronicles"
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593:The Origins of Solitude
2250:Novelists from Arizona
1994:(Penguin Books, 1988).
1922:The Center for Fiction
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548:The News from Paraguay
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248:Burlingame, California
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1981:(W. W. Norton, 1991).
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209:University of Arizona
146:Early life and family
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1693:(Dzanc Books, 1994).
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349:Deep Springs College
335:The outré nature of
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1992:Mourner at the Door
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915:Mourner at the Door
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890:New York University
767:Mourner at the Door
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1630:New England Review
1575:Cassady, Carolyn,
1512:"Captain Midnight"
1275:What I Know So Far
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850:The New York Times
714:What I Know So Far
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489:In February 1977,
460:Great Jones Street
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1918:"Writing Classes"
1880:J. Craig Venter,
1815:"The Two Carvers"
1721:New York Magazine
1614:Carol Polsgrove,
1158:978-1-939293-33-6
1087:978-0-9842950-5-0
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