We may edit letters; short ones are more likely to appear.
While I understand the need to edit letters for clarity and length, you made a serious change in my letter, which was affected neither.
With an emphasis on a narrow swath of the 1980's mainstream, the show feels like an excessively edited letter in a bottle from an art world that no longer exists.
Below is a slightly edited letter that Patrick wrote to me while they were somewhere in Argentina.
His widow, Elena, edited Letters on Literature and Politics 1912 1972 (1977), and his correspondence with the novelist Vladimir Nabokov appeared in 1979 (revised and expanded edition Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940 1971, 2001).
She also works in Manhattan as the counsel to Mrs. Pataki, with whom she wrote "Artfully Taught" and "NYC ABC," and edited "Letters to New York: Children Speak Out," all children's books.
She will take on the new title of managing editor, opinion, and will continue editing letters to all four publications.
Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe (New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1909) – edited letters to his wife, Ellen Ewing Sherman, from 1837 to 1888.
The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between General Sherman and Senator Sherman from 1837 to 1891, edited by Rachel Sherman Thorndike (New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1894) – edited letters to his brother, Senator John Sherman, from 1837 to 1891.
