"The Nazification of Israel, " by Aijaz Ahmad

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 13 13:01:23 PDT 2002


Brad DeLong wrote:


>>And what about the content? Editors and authors have been known to
>>put inflammatory titles on pieces to attract attention. What does
>>Ahmad say, and what do you disagree with?
>
>Can you escape responsibility for the title you place on your work?
>The title, after all, is the set of words that is going to be read
>the most...

I have no idea what the practice at Frontline is, but authors often have little say in what titles are applied to their pieces. I'm very partial to headline creation, and hate to outsource it, but editors often take pride in applying their own.

Doug



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