Talk:John McPhee

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[edit] Genre.

I just deleted the word "genre" from the phrase "one of the pioneers of the literary non-fiction genre", because it seemed unneeded. But then I got to looking at "literary"-- I have a feeling that it really means "good" in this sentence. Is there a recognised genre called "literary non-fiction"? Never mind, I should have looked further first. Maybe the word "genre" should be restored? Still seems unnecessary to me. Mwanner 18:02, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Uncommon Carriers and the Williamson turn.

Will someone with access to Uncommon Carriers, Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, please have a look at page 47, re Butakov and the Williamson turn. From request at info-en@ -- Jeandré, 2006-07-09t14:13z

I just read it (it's great) and yes, I noticed the mention of Butakov as the originator of the Williamson turn. Once I have the book in front of me (later today probably), I'll see about adding that information to the Williamson turn page (and making an Uncommon Carriers page).