Original sentence: As he gained success as a poet he quit the newspaper devoting himself full-time to literature in 1976.He taught at David Thompson University Centre for three years and was a member of the production team of the literary journal Brick.He was a monthly columnist for Quill and Quire and Hamilton This Month.His book of 100 Baudelaire-inspired prose poems, Gypsy Guitar, was called "everyone's favourite book of poems" by George Bowering.His work focuses on Canadian subjects, settings and personalities.His work, with its overt humour, reflections on contemporary urban life, and interest in the mistakes of the imagination is influenced by Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery and the New York School of the 1950s, as well as the Beat writers of the 1960s such as Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.McFadden served on the editorial board of Coach House Press, and as a contributing editor for SwiftCurrent and Canadian Art Magazine.McFadden was born in Hamilton, Ontario and began writing poetry while still in high school, publishing in literary magazines, corresponding with beat writer Jack Kerouac, and becoming a proofreader for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper
Edited sentence: As he grew more renowned as a poet he quit the newspaper and became a full-time literary figure in 1976.He also taught at David Thompson University Centre for three years and was a member of the production team of the literary journal Brick for six years.He was a monthly columnist for Quill and Quire (two years) and Hamilton This Month (three years).His book of 100 Baudelaire-inspired prose poems, Gypsy Guitar, was called "Everyone's favourite book of poems" by George Bowering.His work, however, remains distinctly Canadian in subject matter, setting and personality.His work, with its overt humour, poignant reflections on contemporary urban life, and interest in the mistakes of the imagination, reveals an affinity with Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery and the New York School of the 1950s, as well as the Beat writers of the 1960s--Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti most obviously.McFadden has served on the editorial board of Coach House Press, and as a contributing editor for SwiftCurrent and Canadian Art Magazine.McFadden was born in Hamilton, Ontario and began writing poetry while still in high school, publishing in famous literary magazines, corresponding with beat writer Jack Kerouac, and becoming a proofreader for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper