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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

[...] I was able to find an article in the NY Times that specifically addresses the reissue of two books this month with a similar theme.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/b...la-larsen.html

Thanks for the link. A curious little article. I had to wonder at the use of "laparoscopic" to describe Larsen's approach; I don't know whether the sense that I would take from this word is entirely what the author meant ... or not. Whatever, I think I will add "Black No More" to my list.

Of that part you quoted:

but I imagine the authors, both famously ambivalent about causes of any kind, would have greeted the news with some exasperation.

It is one of the things that a writer must learn to accept: once something is published it is no longer about what the writer intended, it is about the readers' reaction.