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URI All Good Editors Are Pirates: In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham
ggm wrote 8 hours 7 min ago:
Robertson Davies, and E. Anne Proulx used this as a vignette in writing
about small town newspaper editors.
devrandoom wrote 12 hours 24 min ago:
The line between an inspiration and plagiarism is perhaps sometimes
blurry but there's definitely a line.
But you have to steal something, themes at least if you want to create
a piece in a style.
Trying composing a blues song without any "stealing".
pryelluw wrote 12 hours 14 min ago:
I like Jerry Seinfeldâs take on plagiarism in comedy. His point is
that whoever writes the funniest joke about a given premise gets the
credit. This applies forward as well. As you may come up with a new
angle and punchline for a well established premise.
I wrote a fun (to me) take on the good âole horse walks into a bar
joke. Here it goes:
Horse walks into a bar.
Bartender says: âWhy the long face?â
Horse replies: âI canât find a stable job.â
â¦
chrisweekly wrote 12 hours 3 min ago:
I like this model for giving credit. Sadly, no attribution avlbl
for this one:
a thesaurus walks into a bar.
a thesaurus strolls into a bar.
a thesaurus saunters into a bar...
PostOnce wrote 16 hours 13 min ago:
This is a total tangent, but I am amazed by the image at the top of the
article. I did not know until today that theatrical sets were ever
first designed as models or dioramas, and that one is especially
beautiful. I have now embarked on a set design model box research
expedition.
tclancy wrote 14 hours 57 min ago:
Step softly so you donât break any little people.
Aachen wrote 19 hours 36 min ago:
The title is explained way down:
> Lewis was fond of saying that âall good editors are
piratesââthey steal from everyone
yeahwhatever10 wrote 17 hours 25 min ago:
A contradictory quote for publishers and editors in the AI era.
ysofunny wrote 14 hours 38 min ago:
culture has always been all about imitating and copying each other
unapologetically
the whole "marketplace of ideas" which has led us into "let us
charge money for ideas" is as dumb as bricks
CamperBob2 wrote 16 hours 52 min ago:
And it doesn't even make sense, as it's the artist or the author,
not the editor, who is supposed to "Steal from the best, forget the
rest."
svara wrote 19 hours 50 min ago:
Someone here recommended Lapham's podcast, The World in Time, the last
time he came up.
It's amazing! Truly someone out of a different age.
URI [1]: https://pca.st/podcast/daa59d90-feeb-0134-ec79-4114446340cb
skadamou wrote 21 hours 1 min ago:
Here are a few of Lewis Lapham's obituaries
Harpers: [1] Lapham's Quarterly: [2] LitHub:
URI [1]: https://harpers.org/2024/07/remembering-lewis-lapham/
URI [2]: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/lewis-h-lapham-193...
URI [3]: https://lithub.com/on-the-remarkable-legacy-of-lewis-lapham/
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