The appointment as Sole Editor gives one a right to choose all the poems, but gives one no say whatsoever in the title. That is all explained in the book - and earlier in this thread.
In the course of a long "career" in provincial journalism, I have occasionally shed tears over a crass or stupid headline, knowing that my readers would attribute it to me rather than to the sub-editor who had spread concentrated journalese on my Melba toast. Poor Roddy.
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