![]() ![]() "Despite assertions to the contrary, exceptional is the magazine editor who truly trusts in the intelligence and creativity of his readership," Heat-Moon writes. The uneven collection of 27 previously published travel essays in "Here, There, Elsewhere" have been rewritten to reflect the author's original intent. For some writers long in the game, such as septuagenarian William Least Heat-Moon (aka William Lewis Trogdon), a collection provides a platform for settling some old scores against magazine editors whom they believe dumbed down their copy. To pull this off, a certain culling should take place, a boiling off of words down to the essential marrow of prose. ![]() Collections for established authors are a sort of "greatest hits" between the covers. ![]()
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