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American Fantastic Tales

Posted in Books, Gothic, Horror, Joyce Carol Oates, Short Stories, tagged , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Joyce Carol Oates makes her first appearance (I believe!) in the monumental Library of America this Fall when the two-volume American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny, edited by Peter Straub, is published. Volume one, “from Poe to the Pulps” covers Charles Brockden Brown to Charles Bloch; and volume two, “from the 1940s to now” [...]

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Joyce Carol Oates in Paris

Posted in Books, Joyce Carol Oates, Writing on July 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Guest post by Tanya Tromble
Joyce Carol Oates made an appearance in Paris on Saturday, July 4, for an interview and book signing session at the Virgin Megastore on the Champs Elysées.  The appearance was to promote the release of the French translation of her Journal.  She responded to questions from an interviewer and then from [...]

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Reflecting on Joyce Carol Oates

Posted in Joyce Carol Oates on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Joanne Creighton, President of Mt. Holyoke College, and Joyce Carol Oates scholar, offers her thoughts on JCO’s life and career in the Summer 2009 issue of On Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin, Madison alumni magazine.
“While Joyce Carol Oates was early called the ‘Dark Lady of American Letters,’ that label is not right. She has tremendous [...]

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