Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates, the Roger S. Berlind Professor of Humanities at Princeton, is the author most recently of the novel My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike. (October 2008)
From the Review
October 23, 2008: In Rough Country
Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3 by Annie Proulx
Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx
September 25, 2008: The Woman in White
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade by Christopher Benfey
White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson by Brenda Wineapple
June 12, 2008: In the Emperor's Dream House
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
May 29, 2008: The Mystery of the Ring
Boxing: A Cultural History by Kasia Boddy
May 1, 2008: Youth!
All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith Gessen
July 19, 2007: Lest We Forget
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology edited by Jonathan Lethem
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
April 26, 2007: The Art of Vengeance
Collected Stories by Roald Dahl, with an introduction by Jeremy Treglown
March 15, 2007: Brilliance, Silence, Courage
Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella
January 11, 2007: Memoirs of the Artist
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005
A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005 by Annie Leibovitz
November 2, 2006: Margaret Atwood's Tale
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, with an introduction by Valerie Martin
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, with a new introduction by the author
Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood, with a new introduction by the author
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, with a new introduction by the author
October 5, 2006: Men Without Qualities
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud
The Last Life by Claire Messud
The Hunters by Claire Messud
April 6, 2006: Dimming the Lights
The Good Life by Jay McInerney
December 1, 2005: Targeted in Lebanon (letter)
November 3, 2005: Dangling Men
Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel
October 20, 2005: The Treasure of Comanche County
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
September 22, 2005: Domestic Gothic
July 14, 2005: The Great Heap of Days
Last Night by James Salter
Dusk and Other Stories by James Salter
Light Years by James Salter
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
Gods of Tin: The Flying Years by James Salter, edited and with an introduction by Jessica Benton and William Benton
The Hunters by James Salter
Solo Faces by James Salter
Burning the Days: Recollection by James Salter
January 13, 2005: Marketing Joe Louis (letter)
November 18, 2004: 'The Man with the Golden Smile'
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson by Geoffrey C. Ward
February 26, 2004: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
December 18, 2003: The Mythmaking Realist
Double Vision by Pat Barker
November 6, 2003: News from Everywhere
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray
Goblin Fruit by David Marshall Chan
Red Ant House by Ann Cummins
Curled in the Bed of Love by Catherine Brady
October 23, 2003: Stranded in the Dark
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel
August 14, 2003: Who Murdered the Minister?
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
May 1, 2003: Desire and Dread
Property by Valerie Martin
August 15, 2002: For Goodness' Sake
Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett
June 27, 2002: Which 'All the King's Men'? (letter)
March 28, 2002: 'All the King's Men'—A Case of Misreading?
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, restored edition edited by Noel Polk
November 15, 2001: Dark Laughter
The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith by Patricia Highsmith, with a foreword by Graham Greene
A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith
June 21, 2001: The Wind Done Gone
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter William Wells Brown, with an introduction by Hilton Als
Passing Nella Larsen, with an introduction by Ntozake Shange
December 21, 2000: Valentine in Sepia
What It Felt Like: Living in the American Century by Henry Allen
November 2, 2000: Pilgrim's Progress
Cherry by Mary Karr
October 19, 2000: The Fatal Shore
The Shark Net:Memories and Murder by Robert Drewe
August 10, 2000: Dickinson's Civil War (letter)
July 20, 2000: Haunted by Salmon
The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
June 29, 2000: An Endangered Species
Everything in This Country Must: A Novella and Two Stories by Colum McCann
Scar Vegas and Other Stories by Tom Paine
Dressing Up for the Carnival by Carol Shields
In the Gloaming by Alice Elliott Dark
Pastoralia by George Saunders
May 11, 2000: 'The Perfect Lady' (letter)
March 9, 2000: I'll Take Manhattan
City of God by E.L. Doctorow
October 21, 1999: Wearing Out the West
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
June 24, 1999: The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder by Lawrence Schiller
Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? by Cyril Wecht, by Charles Bosworth Jr.
A Mother Gone Bad: The Hidden Confession of JonBenét's Killer by Andrew G. Hodges
Death of a Little Princess: The Tragic Story of the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey by Carlton Smith
April 8, 1999: The Case of the Canned Lawyer
The Crime of Sheila McGough by Janet Malcolm
September 24, 1998: Depth-Sightings
Sight-Readings: American Fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick
July 16, 1998: A Lost Generation
Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country by William Finnegan
February 5, 1998: Inside the Locked Room
A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P.D. James
November 6, 1997: Killer Kids
The Bad Seed by William March
March 27, 1997: Troubles I've Seen
The Cattle Killing by John Edgar Wideman
October 31, 1996: The King of Weird
H.P. Lovecraft: A Life by S.T. Joshi
The Dunwich Horror and Others selected by August Derleth, with texts edited by S.T. Joshi
At the Mountains of Madness & Other Novels edited by S.T. Joshi
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales edited by S.T. Joshi
Miscellaneous Writings edited by S.T. Joshi
Selected Letters Vol. I: 1911-1924 edited by S.T. Joshi
Selected Letters Vol. II: 1925-1929 edited by S.T. Joshi
Selected Letters Vol. III: 1929-1931 edited by S.T. Joshi
Selected Letters Vol. IV: 1932-1934 edited by S.T. Joshi
Selected Letters Vol. V: 1934-1937 edited by S.T. Joshi
December 21, 1995: The Simple Art of Murder
Stories and Early Novels by Raymond Chandler
Later Novels and Other Writings by Raymond Chandler
November 16, 1995: Story of X
In the Cut by Susanna Moore
June 9, 1994: Serial Killers (letter)
March 24, 1994: 'I Had No Other Thrill or Happiness'
Serial Killers by Joel Norris
Probing the Mind of a Serial Killer by Jack A. Apsche
Death Benefit: A Lawyer Uncovers a Twenty-year Pattern of Seduction, Arson, and Murder by David Heilbroner
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy by Ann Rule
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer directed by Nick Broomfield
Killing for Company: The Story of a Man Addicted to Murder by Brian Masters
The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. Schwartz
A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton
True Crime, Vol. 2: Serial Killers & Mass Murderers by Valarie Jones, by Peggy Collier
May 14, 1992: Not a Lightweight (letter)
February 13, 1992: The Cruelest Sport
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser
The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing by Thomas Hauser
Sports Illustrated Boxing's Best: Muhammad Ali HBO Video, 60 minutes, $9.99
Ali vs. Foreman, 1974 Hemdale Home Video, 44 minutes, $19.95
The Ali/Norton Trilogy NAC Home Video, 90 minutes (out of print)
Muhammad Ali: Skill, Brains and Guts Vid-America Inc., 90 minutes (out of print)
August 14, 1986: Arrests in Poland (letter)
August 13, 1981: Death in Iran (letter)
October 11, 1979: Boycott Taba (letter)
December 21, 1978: Objection (letter)
October 4, 1973: Smile (letter)
From New York Review Books
 | Three Bedrooms in Manhattan An actor and a divorcée meet in a deserted New York City bar. With little in common save loneliness, middle age, and a presentiment of escape, they improvise a love story. |
Books by Joyce Carol Oates
Small Avalanches and Other Stories (2003)
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl (2002)
I'll Take You There: A Novel (2002)
Faithless: Tales of Transgression (2001)
Blonde: A Novel (2000)
Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going: Essays, Reviews, and Prose (1999)
Broke Heart Blues: A Novel (1999)
My Heart Laid Bare (1998)
New Plays (1998)
The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque (1998)
Man Crazy: A Novel (1997)
First Love: A Gothic Tale (1996)
Tenderness (1996)
Will You Always Love Me?: And Other Stories (1996)
We Were the Mulvaneys (1996)
George Bellows: American Artist (1995)
The Perfectionist and Other Plays (1995)
Zombie (1995)
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (1994)
What I Lived For (1994)
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (1993)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories (1993)
Where Is Here?: Stories (1992)
Heat, and Other Stories (1991)
Twelve Plays (1991)
The Rise of Life on Earth (1991)
I Lock My Door Upon Myself (1990)
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990)
Expensive People (1990)
Oates in Exile (1990)
The Time Traveler (1989)
American Appetites (1989)
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates (1989)
(woman) Writer: Occasions and Opportunities (1988)
The Assignation: Stories (1988)
On Boxing (1987)
You Must Remember This (1987)
Hem (1986)
Marya: A Life (1986)
Raven's Wing (1986)
Solstice (1985)
Last Days: Stories (1984)
Mysteries of Winterthurn: A Novel (1984)
Invisible Woman: New & Selected Poems, 1970-1982 (1982)
A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982)
Contraries: Essays (1981)
Angel of Light (1981)
A Sentimental Education: Stories (1980)
Bellefleur (1980)
Three Plays (1980)
Unholy Loves: A Novel (1979)
All the Good People I've Left Behind (1979)
Cybele (1979)
Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money: Poems (1978)
Night-Side: Eighteen Tales (1977)
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (1976)
Childwold (1976)
Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales (1976)
The Fabulous Beasts: Poems (1975)
The Seduction & Other Stories (1975)
The Assassins: A Book of Hours (1975)
The Goddess and Other Women (1974)
The Hungry Ghosts; Seven Allusive Comedies (1974)
New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature (1974)
Miracle Play (1974)
The Hostile Sun; The Poetry of D. H. Lawrence (1973)
Scenes from American Life; Contemporary Short Fiction (1973)
Angel Fire; Poems (1973)
Do with Me What You Will (1973)
Marriages and Infidelities; Short Stories (1972)
The Edge of Impossibility: Tragic Forms in Literature (1972)
Wonderland; A Novel (1971)
Love and Its Derangements; Poems (1970)
The Wheel of Love, and Other Stories (1970)
Them (1969)
Anonymous Sins & Other Poems (1969)