one more thing on Pullman/transatlantic changes

[Amy Z]

Benjamin wrote:

>~ the quotes (from Milton, the Bible etc) at 
> the beginnings of chapters are sometimes more interesting

These are not in the US edition!!

I didn't know about them until I rented the book on tape this summer. 
 I should've written them all down to add to my copy, because they add 
a lot to each chapter.  The only poetry in the US edition is at the 
beginning: Blake, Rilke, Ashbery.  The poetry heading each chapter was 
much more accessible.  Does this exist in the first two books also?

Another insulting idea publishers have about Americans.  We are afraid 
of the word "philosopher" and poetry scares us too.  Even when it's 
our own g.d. poetry (I noticed Pullman loves Dickinson).

Amy