Dawn Dorland was so moved by donating one of her kidneys that she wrote a heartfelt letter about it on Facebook. And then the letter turned up in someone else's short story. Art often draws inspiration from life — but what happens when it’s your life?https://t.co/0WWmOiPhIh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 5, 2021
The New York Times published an article today chronicling the perspectives of two different women, Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson, and a story that Larson wrote that seems to be inspired by Dorland. But what's ONTD think? Who is the bad art friend?
Celest Ng, writer of "Little Fires Everywhere" and quoted in the story.
I’m getting sick of clarifying the same things, so
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) October 5, 2021
1. Dawn pitched this article to the NYT herself.
2. She was not part of our writing group or friend group. I met her once. Most of us didn’t know her well (if at all). I’d never heard anyone mention her name before this.
Who plays who in the movie version of Bad Art Friend?
— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) October 6, 2021
The real tragedy of the Dawn Dorland/Sonya Larson story is the fact that Dorland quite obviously thought a *bunch* of writers were close friends of hers when they in fact did not think of her that way at all. Very weird and sad to so sorely miscalculate.
— Liz Wolfe (@lizzywol) October 6, 2021
Can we talk about Bad Art Friend? Because wow. Some white women have way too much free time.
— roxane gay (@rgay) October 5, 2021
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BTW ONTD, if you don't leave a comment on this post I will be reaching out personally to each of you.