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This 600-page hardcover feels weirdly precious and heavy in my hands. There’s something about a collected works that feels raw, uncurated; it feels like I’m holding her ashes. I see that she liked Shirley Jackson — if I weren’t already eager to get to know the legendary Parker, that praise alone would have convinced me.
— Dec 25, 2025 09:36AM
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Parker is at her very best when she writes about how people disappoint each other or get stuck in their own heads. Classism, too.
— Jul 11, 2026 08:31AM
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I was enjoying myself until the fifth page of poetry. It’s a bit like Chinese water torture.
— Apr 20, 2026 01:51PM
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Jesus this woman willed her estate and literary rights to the NAACP, what a Lenny Bruce move
— Dec 30, 2025 06:13PM