Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heather McGowan


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The result was keep. North America1000 13:59, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Heather McGowan
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 * It's doesn't show any significant coverage to encyclopedia. I can't find independent reliable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mokorow1122  (talk • contribs) 13:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)


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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Women. Shellwood (talk) 13:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Oaktree b (talk) 18:26, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. It was very easy to find multiple reviews of her books in completely reliable sources. This nomination is one of the most flimsy I have seem at AfD. Both her books get solid reviews. Crystal clear WP:AUTHOR pass. CT55555 (talk) 15:12, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Noting @Oaktree b's comment below, adding the examples I'm referring to.
 * Book 1 (schooling)
 * https://www.newsweek.com/you-need-some-schooling-153695
 * https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780385501385
 * Book 2 (Duchess of Nothing)
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/poppins-meets-plath.html
 * https://ew.com/article/2006/03/29/duchess-nothing/
 * https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/10/duchess-of-nothing CT55555 (talk) 18:42, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
 *  Weak keep I can't find notice of her book winning "Book of the Year" in the Detroit newspaper, which is a larger city than Hartford, so I assume it would be a larger market/more prestige award. I can only find reviews from Publisher's Weekly; given the age in which she won book of the year (2001-ish), very early in the internet age, we might have to dig.
 * With the NYT and New Yorker discussions/reviews above, she's more than notable. Oaktree b (talk) 19:26, 4 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NAUTHOR. Reviews of her books include Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, The New York Times, and the WP Library notes a 2001 interview with secondary context/commentary in The London Evening Standard ("Boarding school was never so much fun; Heather McGowan (right) has been compared to Joseph Heller and Dave Eggars, but her powerful debut novel, Schooling, is more akin to James Joyce. She talks to Zoe Williams.") (full text available on ProQuest), and a 2001 review in The Observer, a 2001 review in the Los Angeles Times (full text available on ProQuest), a 2001 review in The Times (via Gale), a 2001 review in Harper's Bazaar (via Gale), and a 2006 review in Booklist. ProQuest includes an abstract for a 2001 Providence Journal article about her, "Heather McGowan, Where are you?", a 2001 review in Newsday, a Jul/Aug 2010 article titled "Recent Winners" from Poets and Writers reporting "Poet Jay Hopler of Salt Lake City and fiction writer Heather McGowan of New York City each received a Rome Fellowship in Literature and will spend a year in residence at the American Academy in Rome", and a 2001 profile article about her, "Writers on the verge: Heather McGowan" in the Village Voice. Beccaynr (talk) 18:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Clear pass of WP:NAUTHOR. -Kj cheetham (talk) 07:29, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Easily passes WP:NAUTHOR due to numerous reviews listed above. Samsmachado (talk) 16:19, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Snow keep: clearly notable. — VersaceSpace  🌃 03:48, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


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