Deletion of Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's

Comment: meets  and , reviews by ''Library Journal'', ''School Library Journal'', ''Publishers Weekly'', ''The Western Journal of Black Studies'', ''Los Angeles Times'', have added these to the article
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Comment: but not so fast... Library Journal, School Library Journal (YA lit), and even to some extent Publishers Weekly are trade publications for librarians. Their reviews are short (51-250 words), largely indiscriminate (they help librarians determine which books to purchase, not just the most important ones), and largely unhelpful for purposes of building an encyclopedia article that does justice to the topic (the |general notability guideline). (I have the 1997 print Book Review Index in front of me. It only lists those three trade publications and no other periodicals, indicating a minor release.) This said, the reviews from Mississippi Quarterly, The Western Journal of Black Studieshttp://public.wsu.edu/~wjbs/bkrev.html, and the Los Angeles Times are together sufficient as a baseline. And if not, we should be looking for a merge target rather than outright deletion. File:Eye close font awesome.svg|14px|link=user:czar/watching|I am no longer watching this page—ping if you'd like a response&nbsp
Stance: keep
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Comment: Good references added, including LA Times and lengthy article in Western Journal of Black Studies (published by Washington State University), as well as other less prestigious reviews. Meets  and 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NBOOKS)