In 2016, I got a call from my editor at Simon & Schuster in New York. The company was putting out a new edition of my first novel, “Girl” (1994), and redoing the cover and interior design, in preparation for its re-release.
A new edition is usually a happy occasion for a writer. If your book is still relevant after 20+ years, that’s an accomplishment.
Books have a moral authority that TV, TikTok and YouTube lack. And we all know how leftists crave moral authority.
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On the phone, my editor told me that besides a new cover, the company had some young editors look at the text as well.
At first, I didn’t understand. Why would they review the text after 20 years?
She explained that these editors were recent
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