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Do we really need copy editors?

By xensen

On August 2, 2007

In editing, newspapers

By MARK SHERMAN | Associated Press Writer: “[Supreme Court chief justice] Roberts walked out the hospital’s ambulance door wearing a blue sport coast, a blue shirt with no tie and slacks”

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Thomas Christensen, formerly editor-in-chief of Mercury House; translator of Fuentes, Cortázar, Carpentier, Céline, Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate), etc.; books include 1616: The World in Motion, ranked by Publishers Weekly among best history books of its season (starred review), and many more; essays include “La Vie en Rose,” notable essay in Best American Essays 2019. Book designer. Be in touch with me here.


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