[nopardons]

Nope, Shirely Jackson was NOT an " hardcore Communist ". A good writer ? Yes! A VERY troubled ( as in mental problems and strained marriage ) woman? Absolutely! But a strident, " hardcore Communist ? No, she wasn't.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Dang it - now you've got me searching her up again, when I swore off literature, LOL. You're probably right, I just wish I could remember where I saw that assessment of her.