To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you’re not aware of that when you’re…
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Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has…
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It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world…
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Yes, I’ve listened to just a few audiobooks – but hope to listen to more. I’ve wanted to investigate how…
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Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one’s willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which…
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If food is poetry, is not poetry also food? Joyce Carol Oates
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Anyone who teaches knows that you don’t really experience a text until you’ve taught it, in loving detail, with an…
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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing,…
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Among many of my friends and acquaintances, I seem to be one of the very few individuals who felt or…
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