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In this groundbreaking book, Tim Groenland shines a light on that most elusive figure, the literary editor. Digging deep into the work of two high-profile editors - Gordon Lish and Michael Pietsch - as they collaborated with two major writers - Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace - The Art of Editing combines in-depth archival research with perceptive close readings. The book not only offers a revelatory account of the editor's art; it also tells a fresh story about the minimalist and maximalist styles of contemporary American fiction. We may live in an age of celebrity authors, but The Art of Editing shows us conclusively that, as Groenland memorably puts it, 'even extraordinary minds never work alone'. * Adam Kelly, Senior Lecturer in American Literature, University of York, UK, and author of American Fiction in Transition: Observer-Hero Narrative, the 1990s, and Postmodernism (Bloomsbury, 2013) *

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Tim Groenland is Lecturer/Assistant Professor in American Literature at the School of English, Drama, and Film, University College Dublin, Ireland.

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