Saturday, July 31, 2004

An ode to editors

In temples in Asia, a figure called Wisdom guards the entrance. She — this figure is invariably female, like most editors today — holds in one hand a book, and in the other, a knife. The knife is for cutting off words.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

was looking for childrens books and picture books on google and came across your site. i have just foun The Orb Of Chatham and wanted to find out more about it. i am just fascinated with this book! have you seen it?

Ed Jacoby