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My conflict of interest[edit]

This is to note my conflict of interest. I knew her somewhat when we both lived in the village in the 1980's. I can not feel unbiased about her. I harbored bad feelings about her, after one particular incident, for many years. Thus, I have a conflict of interest and wish to avoid making any unconcious mistakes. I made two small edits, but did not mark them as minor, for this reason. I added the Columbia University site to the external links, and a bit about her residence in New Paltz, NY. Please help edit this article. I do think she is a very moderately important living American writer. Bearian 19:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You write "I harbored bad feelings about her, after one particular incident." I was reminded of a single brief contact with her which I had a few years ago. She was attending a service at the church which her daughter belonged to. A friend mentioned to her that I wrote short stories. Gordon eyed me assessingly, and commented that although short stories were well and good, writing novels (which she did) took more and stronger muscles. I privately disagreed. But my main feeling was amusement. I don't know whether she was simply tone deaf in a social situation, or strongly competitive by nature even in the most fleeting encounters with total strangers. But if this type of response was habitual with her, I can understand how in her life there might have been "particular incidents." Younggoldchip (talk) 16:22, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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