Hanya Yanagihara’s editor asked her to make changes to A Little Life, specifically to tone down the abuse in the second half of the book and to cut several hundred pages from manuscript.  Ms. Yanagihara refused, according to an article in The Guardian.  Had she taken her editor’s advice, her book would have been better, in my opinion.  Author’s listen to your editors.  Still, A … Continue reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara