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Will Hope Rise from the Dead in Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘My Life As a Rat?
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Will Hope Rise from the Dead in Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘My Life As a Rat?

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 / 3 June 2019

If happiness usually proves duplicitous, and melancholy a dependable constant, then the journey of an epic Joyce Carol Oates novel is always going to be a trip worth experiencing, as with My Life As a Rat.

Difficult Wonders in Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘Beautiful Days’
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Difficult Wonders in Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘Beautiful Days’

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 / 11 September 2018

Of these short story jewels, Oates displays her greatest strengths in "Fractal", and the effects are profoundly strange and moving in ways that only she can seem to execute.

‘The Best American Mystery Stories 2017’ Toys with the Genre
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‘The Best American Mystery Stories 2017’ Toys with the Genre

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 / 8 February 2018

There's a lot packed into a short 350 pages here, so leave your preconceptions of what "mystery" means behind and enjoy.

The Highway Is for Gamblers: Joyce Carol Oates, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen Take a One-way Trip
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The Highway Is for Gamblers: Joyce Carol Oates, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen Take a One-way Trip

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 / 11 July 2017
How Joyce Carol Oates, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen traveled out of a small town towards the great unknown.
Donald Hall’s ‘Essays After Eighty’ Is an Unsparing Look at Extreme Old Age
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Donald Hall’s ‘Essays After Eighty’ Is an Unsparing Look at Extreme Old Age

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 / 16 January 2015
To presume to review works of this level is farcical; we can only be overjoyed by their continued existence.
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Vampire Sodomy in Princeton: Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘The Accursed’

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 / 28 April 2013
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‘Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald’ Captivates the Reader in the Best Possible Way

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 / 9 April 2013
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The Paris Review Interviews, Vols. 1-4, Edited by Philip Gourevitch

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 / 28 January 2010
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My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

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 / 29 September 2008
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The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates

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 / 25 October 2004