Question
This author’s prompt to write about a secret that “dismantles your own sense of yourself” inspired Amy Hempel’s short story “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author whose workshop Hempel described in her piece “Captain Fiction.” This editor of Esquire heavily edited a story by Raymond Carver originally titled “Beginners.”
ANSWER: Gordon Lish
[10m] Carver told Lish, “I’ve got to pull out of this one” while asking him about revisions to a collection titled for this story. In this Raymond Carver story, Terri and Mel discuss the title concept with Nick and Laura.
ANSWER: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”
[10e] Lish encouraged this author to publish the first two installments of his novel Answered Prayers. Lish wrote a novel from the perspective of a serial killer sending letters to this author of In Cold Blood.
ANSWER: Truman Capote [accept Dear Mr. Capote]
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Summary
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