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The result was: promoted by
Desertarun (
talk) 07:07, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
... that although the photographs in The Sweet Flypaper of Life were described as "unpublishable in book form", after
Langston Hughes wrote accompanying text it became a critical and commercial success?
Interesting book, on fine sources, subscription source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - I am not happy with the hook. Probably the name of the author tells others about the black Haarlem background, but not me, - "unpublishable" made me rather think of "regarded as indecent". "Critical and commercial success" is something many books enjoy, - many characters not particular to this very one. I think the photographer deserves to be mentioned. You could say how many publishers rejected. I find interesting that the photos came first, the story fiction around them. - If nothing comes to your mind, I'll approve, but so far I hope ;) --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 16:34, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that when
Roy DeCarava saw the size of his photographs in The Sweet Flypaper of Life, he almost burst into tears and called it a "puny little book"?
ALT2 ... that despite being initially labelled as "unpublishable in book form", The Sweet Flypaper of Life was included in The New York Times's December list of 250 Outstanding Books of the Year?
I'm not perfectly happy with these myself, but are they better to you?
Eddie891TalkWork 22:31, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
Does that address some of your concerns?
Firefangledfeathers (
talk) 00:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
yes, and thank you. I like ALT1 for being attractive by something quirky and ALT3 for saying what it is. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 09:13, 8 June 2021 (UTC)