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Vivian Gornick

“Collectively speaking, if we chart the internal mood of every successful movement for social integration we find that, ironically, with each advance made it is anger—not hope, much less elation—that deepens in the petitioners at the gate. Ironic but not surprising: to petition repeatedly is to be reminded repeatedly that one is not wanted, never had been, never will be.”

Vivian Gornick, The Men in My Life
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The Men in My Life (Boston Review Books) The Men in My Life by Vivian Gornick
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