Difficult Women
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Difficult Women is a short story collection by Roxane Gay that explores the lives, traumas, and resilience of complex, flawed, and multifaceted women.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Difficult Women canonical | 18 |
| short story "Difficult Women" | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Difficult Women Context triple: [Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, relatedWorkByAuthor, Difficult Women]
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A.
A Woman's Worth
"A Woman's Worth" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that celebrates female value and respect, released as a single from her debut album "Songs in A Minor."
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B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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C.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
Love's Cruelty
Love's Cruelty is a Caroline-era tragic play by James Shirley that explores themes of passion, betrayal, and moral corruption in a courtly setting.
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E.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Difficult Women Target entity description: Difficult Women is a short story collection by Roxane Gay that explores the lives, traumas, and resilience of complex, flawed, and multifaceted women.
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A.
A Woman's Worth
"A Woman's Worth" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that celebrates female value and respect, released as a single from her debut album "Songs in A Minor."
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B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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C.
The Sisters
"The Sisters" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of family, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
Love's Cruelty
Love's Cruelty is a Caroline-era tragic play by James Shirley that explores themes of passion, betrayal, and moral corruption in a courtly setting.
-
E.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Roxane Gay ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
complex women characters
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flawed women ⓘ multifaceted women ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasForm | short fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780802125392 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
short story "Baby Arm"
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short story "Bad Priest" ⓘ short story "Break All the Way Down" ⓘ Difficult Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
short story "Difficult Women"
short story "Florida" ⓘ short story "How" ⓘ short story "I Will Follow You" ⓘ short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death" ⓘ short story "La Negra Blanca" ⓘ short story "Noble Things" ⓘ short story "North Country" ⓘ short story "Open Marriage" ⓘ short story "Requiem for a Glass Heart" ⓘ short story "Strange Gods" ⓘ short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" ⓘ short story "Water, All Its Weight" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional complexity
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female agency ⓘ gender roles ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ marriage ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ race and class ⓘ relationships ⓘ resilience ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ trauma recovery ⓘ violence ⓘ women's lives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of trauma and resilience
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portrayal of women's interior lives ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grove Press ⓘ |
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Referenced by (19)
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this entity surface form:
short story "Difficult Women"
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I Will Follow You
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I Will Follow You
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I Will Follow You
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North Country
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How
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Roxane Gay
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Water, All Its Weight
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Water, All Its Weight
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In the Event of My Father’s Death
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In the Event of My Father’s Death
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Noble Things
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Noble Things
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Noble Things
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Roxane Gay
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Strange Gods
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Strange Gods