5/27/2023 0 Comments Wendy c ortiz excavation![]() ![]() Russell, in a statement, later emphasized that her book was based on personal experiences. She later called the book a “ fictional take on a reality I lived,” and published an essay noting that her memoir and My Dark Vanessa have “ eerie story similarities.” This prompted a debate online about whether Russell had plagiarized her novel from the memoir, and the discourse eventually spiraled into conflict over who has the right to tell stories about sexual abuse. ![]() In January, Ortiz called out My Dark Vanessa on Twitter - without actually naming it - for being similar to her memoir. ![]() (The teacher is now a registered sex offender.) My Dark Vanessa tells the story of Vanessa Wye, a woman who, 17 years later, is forced to confront a sexual relationship she had with her English teacher when she was 15 after another former student comes forward with sexual-abuse accusations against him. In Excavation, Ortiz writes about how her eighth-grade English teacher engaged in a five-year sexual relationship with her as a teenager. ( My Dark Vanessa sold for a reported seven figures and is slated for release on March 10.) Ortiz, a Latinx writer whose memoir, Excavation, was published back in 2014, and the forthcoming, highly anticipated novel My Dark Vanessa, from Kate Elizabeth Russell. As the controversy surrounding Oprah’s latest book-club pick, American Dirt, continues to swirl, there’s another literary debate brewing online. ![]()
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