Kurt Lipschutz is one my favorite word wranglers, a brilliant editor, a sharp wit, and chock full of skills I have barely tapped. I’ve seen his editing work up close and personal, and though it sometimes stings, it always bites with a purpose—to take your wonderful writing and make it much better. Sometimes subtraction is addition. Other times it takes a lifelong minimalist with an acerbic wit to find the hidden gem in the perfect (but bloated, in retrospect) paragraph. Take him for a test-drive, guaranteed no flats!