All a misunderstanding between Graham and the copy editor. I had signed my introductions, for example, to the Emperor Julian’s “Letter to a Pagan Priest,” with my initials. I had thought that Graham was doing the same with his; that’s a common practice with some encyclopedias, for example. But apparently he had not, so the editor was asking if it was important for me to have my initials on my entries. <\/p>\n
Of course not, if that’s not the book style. What a commotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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