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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Her first book made a lot of “literary” waves (both by being loved and hated), and paved the way for similar memoirs, including many by black women (Roxane Gay is a clear descendant). People of any race who are into that world would have been aware of it, but if you’re not big into navel-gazing literary controversies it easily could have passed you by. [/quote]

I think what triggered me was that the reviews suggested that she had such an impact on Gen X.  I went to a women’s college and so that’s why I was really curious as a black woman.  This is been so intriguing to me that I called a girlfriend who is also black. She had the same reaction that I did. I told her I was calling her because she was black and went to Harvard so maybe she had a different perspective. She didn’t. We have the same perspective. We laughed about it.[/quote]

Again, she clearly paved the way for a certain kind of work or voice, which, again, clearly was very influential on Gen X. Maybe you didn’t tie the trends and impact she had to her, but those reviews are obviously correct. [/quote]

+1. Just because it didn't impact the PP doesn't mean that it was not influential in literature or for Gen X. It doesn't have to affect literally every member of Gen X. Either way, I think it says something about the PP that she felt the need to comment dismissively (which is exactly what the PP's original comment was) on a thread saying that someone is dead. If you've never heard of her, fine, move along. There are plenty of threads about people you have heard of. That you came on this thread to comment dismissively that you've never heard of her doesn't make you look like a nice, thoughtful person, and calling a friend to laugh about how it must've been a white woman thing because the two of you had never heard of this person just doubles down on the "not nice and thoughtful" image.[/quote]

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