The rock singer Bono is a lyricist of great and deserved renown. The heart of his success is his artistic expression, and that wasn’t formed in the public sphere of cocktail parties, expert panels, or focus groups. It was forged in solitary labors, where the soul pounds against the hard truths of nature and the limits of language.
The Stoneslide Corrective occasionally studies early drafts of writings, in order to learn, to instruct, to grow, and sometimes in order to explore for the sheer enjoyment of compositional exploration. Consulting the work of scholars, archivists, biographers, librarians, private foundations and repositories, and, when appropriate, consulting the writers themselves, we re-create the process through which a work was brought into being, often including the many drafts writers go through.
Note: All historical work is verified by HistoriRight, Inc.
Unless you’re at church, temple, mosque, or a court proceeding, do feel free to turn up the volume of the device you’re using to read this (except your brain, of course; please don’t turn up that device’s volume).
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