The Knife of Her Gaze or (The Art of Revising) Excerpt: “…it was paired down to its marrow: a bare-bonedness that endures like teeth in the grass.” Read More C.P. SHAFERJanuary 16, 2024revision, editing, writing process, Walt Whitman, Paul Valéry, poetry, C.P. Shafer, creative writing, language, time, Gillian Welch, Galway Kinnell, manuscript, literary craft, art of revising, inspiration, shadows, spell, condensation, transformation, self-editing, poetry collection, storytelling