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WGBH’s Great American Read: Discussion with Edgar Herwick

July 19, 2018 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St
Boston, 02116 United States

None of your favorite novels would never have been read by the public without editors working hard behind the scenes. One such editor was Maxwell Perkins, an editor at Scribner in the early 20thcentury. Perkins discovered and worked with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and other major authors. On Thursday, July 19th, Edgar Herwick of […]

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