“More Op-Ed-y” for the New York Times

By Lea Page

Three days before my Op-Ed, “What Happens When You Knock on 8000 Doors,” was slated for publication in The New York Times, I reread the edited draft, saw that a line had been changed, and did the writerly equivalent of collapsing on my fainting couch. I panic-texted my writing partner, Blair: It’s exactly what I was afraid would happen. Then I called my husband, Ray.

“How did I not see this before?” I howled when he picked up.

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