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Joyce Carol Oates

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

A WIDOW'S STORY

by Joyce Carol Oates

Oates continues to keep her readers guessing at her next thrilling effort. Full review >

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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

GIVE ME YOUR HEART

by Joyce Carol Oates

Nothing to burnish Oates’s reputation, but reliable chills for fans familiar with the product (Sourland, 2010, etc.). Full review >

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NONFICTION

IN ROUGH COUNTRY

by Joyce Carol Oates

A top-notch literary talent invites readers to find new inspiration in these works, and in her own. Full review >

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FICTION

A FAIR MAIDEN

by Joyce Carol Oates

Oates at her most restrained and hence best. This one almost makes up for the ludicrous overkill of My Sister, My Love... Full review >

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FICTION

DEAR HUSBAND,

by Joyce Carol Oates

One of this indefatigable author’s best books in some time. Full review >

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FICTION

MY SISTER, MY LOVE

by Joyce Carol Oates

A bad idea, poorly executed. Where will Oates take us next? One wonders, and fears. Full review >

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NONFICTION

THE JOURNAL OF JOYCE CAROL OATES

by Joyce Carol Oates & edited by Greg Johnson

“Love. Friendship. Art. Work. These are my values,” Oates says. Watching her juggle them in these replete pages is a... Full review >

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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

THE MUSEUM OF DR. MOSES

by Joyce Carol Oates

Surreal interior landscapes, shamelessly incantatory prose and an enduring ambivalence toward the neo-gothic conventions... Full review >

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FICTION

THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER

by Joyce Carol Oates

A truly representative sampling of this unpredictable author’s grind-it-out strengths and mind-boggling weaknesses. Full review >

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FICTION

BLACK GIRL/WHITE GIRL

by Joyce Carol Oates

Characteristically strident and forced—and it’s a real shame. This could have been one of Oates’s better books. Full review >

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