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2015–16 P. Kincaid Recurrent: Kincaid in Short in Vector (#282) Winter 23/2
Of course he promotes her as a singular writer who ‘has her own voice, defies comparison, probes areas usually considered dangerous, and is as close to being the pure artist as any writer I have met’ (211), though it quickly becomes apparent that what he means by ‘pure artist’ is someone who doesn’t let herself be guided by the dictates of the market, so this is an Ellisonian circumlocution for ‘not widely published’.
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