For the record - Dec. 17, 2007

Literary legacy: An Oct. 27 Op-Ed article about Raymond Carver’s short stories said extensive editing of Carver’s stories by Gordon Lish “came to light” in a 1998 New York Times Magazine story. Lish’s heavy editing was revealed in 1995 by Carol Polsgrove in her book, “It Wasn’t Pretty, Folks, but Didn’t We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties.”