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01-24-2008, 03:42 AM
Apparently big questions have arisen about how accurately Robert Frost's notebooks were transcribed by the present editor for the widely acclaimed new published versions, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/books/22frost.html?scp=1&sq=frost&st=nyt
There do seem to be some pretty obvious misreadings -- a baseball player "serving two bats" rather than than the more obvious "swings two bats" and a "picktie exhibition" which obviously ought to be "public exhibiition".
Looking at the book (in spirit) myself, I also noted a few oddities. "Seems like my foam 'Shopping my Moods on a Showy Earring' is now the most fibular poem in Astoria. Food for me!" This didn't seem quite right to me, and I'm wondering if other readers caught (or are expecting) any similar oddities -- post them here.
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There do seem to be some pretty obvious misreadings -- a baseball player "serving two bats" rather than than the more obvious "swings two bats" and a "picktie exhibition" which obviously ought to be "public exhibiition".
Looking at the book (in spirit) myself, I also noted a few oddities. "Seems like my foam 'Shopping my Moods on a Showy Earring' is now the most fibular poem in Astoria. Food for me!" This didn't seem quite right to me, and I'm wondering if other readers caught (or are expecting) any similar oddities -- post them here.
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