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ERIC ROE
Latest Publication:
Excerpts from "An Accurate Record"
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Copytext: A Magazine for Revision is a new online lit mag that focuses on the revision process by soliciting and publishing earlier drafts of a work alongside the final draft and a note from the author about some aspect of the writing process for that particular work. It’s a really neat, unique approach to showcasing work and process, and I’m pleased to announce that excerpts from my story “An Accurate Record” have been published in Copytext’s inaugural issue. “An Accurate Record” was first published in The Westchester Review in 2021, but the initial idea came to me back in 2004, and it went through numerous revisions over a span of about 14 years before it finally saw print. I'm honored to now be able to share a glimpse of that revision process in Copytext.
So, um, I’m in a history class, and we’re supposed to interview somebody about their experiences during the War. We learned that the Coup in Toldania is what started the War in the first place, and so I was wondering, I mean, I heard that— It’s my understanding that you were a citizen of Toldania at the time of the Coup.
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--from an earlier draft of "The Oster Family" (later retitled "An Accurate Record")
