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Irma Franklin or Janice Joplin?
I once had to ask myself well now which version of piece of my heart moves you more Janice's or is it Irma Franklin I think Janice's yeah. You've warned against the authenticity trap and the idea that there are certain versions of cultural blackness that should demand adherence. The Harlem Renaissance novelist Nella Larson was disparaged for not writing novels that made reference to black ritual or folklore she'd also been criticized for dwelling on the so-called tragic mulatto figure. Why do we accept them in James and Wharton and reject them in a figure like Nella Larson Larson seems like a very important figure for youYeah she is that is now and let me try to get very clear