Talk:Nella Larsen

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Just a note to say that I wrote the original biographical section using the referenced biography as my main source -- I no longer have a copy of the biography around so I can't provide page numbers, but the things marked as needing citation, such as the parents names, all come from that book. Tom — Preceding undated comment added 20:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Cut from article

I cut the following from the article, because it seemed to be written as "talk page" stuff, not article content, since it seems to be arguing with other statements in the article without changing them. It was with reference to the novel Passing. I've never read the book, so I'm not the one to sort this out.

To say that Clare and Brian (Irene's husband) had an affair is not true. Irene thinks Brian wants to leave her for Clare because Clare is whiter then her, but there is no basis for this claim. It is really Irene being jealous of Clare for being able to pass whenever she wants, and Irene is not able to because of her family.

- Jmabel | Talk 03:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Bisexual?

Wikipedia has her on its list of bisexuals. On the website glbtq, they call her bisexual. But I've never seen anyone say she got down with women. Is she deemed bisexual just because the two main characters in "Passing" could be read that way? jcm 5/16/8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chumley41 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Odd passage

"…to strive for equality would be them becoming avaricious" reads like a poor translation from some other language. I'm not even certain what it means to say. - Jmabel | Talk 23:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Clarity of "Passing" section

The first paragraph in the section on "Passing" doesn't clarify that it is talking about the plot of the novel. This seems ambiguous. 68.9.190.164 (talk) 18:54, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Need source for name

No RS source for name as Nellallitea. If not added, it will be deleted.Parkwells (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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More citations needed

I endeavored to add citations where needed, and it appears others have done the same. I removed the "more citations needed" notation from the "Librarian and literary career" section, which now seems adequately documented. However I left the notation on the "Works" section, where there are unsourced references to opinions by critics that I was unable to locate. Lizgold (talk) 06:08, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Recent changes and original research

There is an IP address making changes to the article that are not sourced by reliable sources. Instead the editor made note of conversations with an author and details source to find-a-grave. I have reverted them once, and they made the changes again. I am starting a conversation here on the talk page to note the problems with original research and sources that are not reliable. DaffodilOcean (talk) 02:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)