The Edited Becomes the Editor: On moving to the dark side of the desk
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The Edited Becomes the Editor: On moving to the dark side of the desk

 – by P.S. Cottier As a working poet (that is, a poet who writes, is published, and even receives the occasional $50 on what I call ‘champagne days’) I have always regarded editors with suspicion.  The tired old image of the Gatekeeper in his medieval armour, asking impossible riddles of those seeking entry into the … Continue reading