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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see her w any court verdict is going to say that Larson can’t publish a version of the story without the plagiarism in it. There is no way you can muzzle the entire fi guys Noa story into eternity. That is just not reality as the law will see it.[/quote]

At this point there would be no point. Even if she didn't publish it, it's part of a public court record and is widely available that way.

But the thing is, Dorland has also accomplished her goal already too. As bad as the NYT and initial misreading of the situation by some literary fiction folks on twitter was, Dorland got her story out. Based on the reaction in the comments to the NYT story and the world outside that LitFic bubble, most people's reaction tot his story has been "Uh, the one lady donated a kidney and the other lady gave her a mean nickname in chats with her friends -- team kidney donor lady." Most people do not care about literary fiction, don't care about Celeste Ng, don't care about Roxane Gay or blue checkmark twitter. The average person gets that choosing to donate a kidney is a great thing and making fun of someone for donating a kidney is a bad thing. We do not actually live in the upside down.

So Dawn got what she wanted, for the most part. Most people looking at this story get she was wronged and that Larson was being a turd.

The only problem is that this teeny tiny corner of the universe -- a group of successful literary fiction writers who all kind of hang out together and support each other -- will never agree. I honestly don't get it. I've read a lot of those people's books! I have enjoyed Ng and Gay's writing, as well as Jennifer de Leon, Alexander Chee, and others. I don't really get what their deal is. But it is their deal and it's not going to change.

I hope Dawn just recognizes that it's probably not worth it to care what they think. I am certain that's painful for her because these are her heroes. But maybe that will liberate her, too. Maybe what she need in order to be successful as a writer is to free herself of the need to be part of this one little corner of the literary universe. Dawn, it's not worth it! Let them go![/quote]

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