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A fact from Band of Angels (novel) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that literary critic Leslie Fiedler called the novel Band of Angels "operatic in the worst sense of the word"?

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The result was: promoted by Premeditated Chaos talk 15:53, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that literary critic Leslie Fiedler called the novel Band of Angels "operatic in the worst sense of the word"?

Source: Fiedler, Leslie A. (1955-09-26). "Romance in the Operatic Manner." The New Republic, vol. 26. pp. 28-30.

ALT1: ... that Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Penn Warren wrote a novel called Band of Angels about a woman who is enslaved in order to pay her father's debts? Source: "Band of Angels" Review (1955-08-01). Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus' Service. New York: Kirkus Media, LLC.
ALT2: ... that Robert Penn Warren's novel Band of Angels was adapted into a film starring Clark Gable and Sidney Poitier? Source: Band of Angels. Turner Classic Movies. Accessed 2024-06-16.
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Created by MattMauler (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

MattMauler (talk) 03:37, 17 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:

Looks good, thanks for expanding the article! I'm partial to the initial hook, but either of the ALTs will work too. ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]