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Joyce Carol Oates


Born
in Lockport, New York, The United States
June 16, 1938

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Criticism

Influences
Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, D.H. L ...more


Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and she has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Pseudonyms ... Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.
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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.66 · 457,170 ratings · 47,142 reviews · 841 distinct works • Similar authors
We Were the Mulvaneys
3.75 avg rating — 101,884 ratings — published 1996 — 68 editions
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Blonde
3.94 avg rating — 15,641 ratings — published 2000 — 108 editions
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The Falls
3.60 avg rating — 11,116 ratings — published 2004 — 71 editions
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The Gravedigger's Daughter
3.57 avg rating — 10,805 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions
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Zombie
3.33 avg rating — 11,478 ratings — published 1995 — 43 editions
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Black Water
3.53 avg rating — 8,655 ratings — published 1992 — 52 editions
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Foxfire: Confessions of a G...
3.78 avg rating — 7,878 ratings — published 1993 — 55 editions
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Where Are You Going, Where ...
4.17 avg rating — 6,452 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions
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My Life as a Rat
3.73 avg rating — 6,102 ratings — published 2019 — 37 editions
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Rape: A Love Story
3.63 avg rating — 5,885 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions
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“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Solstice
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“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.”
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“The best revenge is living well without you. ”
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Our genre for April...Historical Fiction! Here are the selections to choose from. Place your vote. The poll will end on Saturday, March 5.

The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by Syrie James Syrie James
 
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The Accursed The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates
 
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Confessions of a Pagan Nun Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley Kate Horsley
 
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Genghis: Birth of an Empire Genghis Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1) by Conn Iggulden Conn Iggulden
 
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The Countess The Countess by Rebecca Johns Rebecca Johns
 
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