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Read David Foster Wallace No-Edit Threat To Harper's
Letters of Note has unearthed (via
Flickr
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) a cover letter both funny and deadly serious
David Foster Wallace
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faxed to Harper's magazine demanding no edits on an essay he wrote on Kafka. His exact words, footnoted of course: "I will find a way to harm you or cause you suffering if you fuck with the mechanics of the piece. " Presumably the charming strong-arm worked better here than it might have a...
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Letters of Note has unearthed (via Flickr) a cover letter both funny and deadly serious David Foster Wallace faxed to Harper's magazine demanding no edits on an essay he wrote on Kafka. His exact words, footnoted of course: "I will find a way to harm you or cause you suffering if you fuck with the mechanics of the piece.
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