four<\/a>! Enjoy!<\/p>\nAnd I promise that tomorrow’s Unrequired Reading collection will be Rufus-free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You’re probably too polite to admit that your tired of all these Rufus posts, but what can I do? I know! I can post links to this four-part essay by Susan Bell on how Max Perkins & F. Scott Fitzgerald edited The Great Gatsby: one, two, three and four! Enjoy! And I promise that tomorrow’s … <\/p>\n
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