Probably now we take the idea of community for granted. I grew up with a hundred books you should read before college. You've got to read Frederick Douglass. You've got to know Souls of Black Folk. Of course, you have to read Toni Morrison.
Gaines is the most marvelous writer to never win the Nobel Prize.
One, they have a community they no longer have to be self-conscious about. You can do that trashy stuff Rosalyn McMillan does, Terry's sister. You can do any number of things. There no longer has to be only one person in each category. My generation came with a level of burden.