Gordon Lish was as important to Raymond Carver’s success as Maxwell Perkins was for Thomas Wolfe. Lish was the “Fifth Beatle” for Carver. Would anyone suggest that we return to “Sergeant Pepper” and edit out the George Martin influence?
Carver - Carved up postmodern fiction. I’ve known a LeMessurier who measured, a Kammerer who photographed. Do people’s names sometimes give them career ideas? Richard Ford crosses rivers of emotion. Mary Karr drives through desperation arriving at redemption. Stephen King rules with benign good humor and humility.