Joyce Carol Oates

Other mainstream writers have done it, such as Joyce Carol Oates and even Woody Allen.

Michael Chabon: Bridging the Gap adamosf 2005

Other mainstream writers have done it, such as Joyce Carol Oates and even Woody Allen.

Archive 2005-02-01 adamosf 2005

A Widow's Story is called a memoir, but the word seems too slight for the grandeur of what Joyce Carol Oates does in this work of startling intimacy, humanity, humility, and wisdom -- "Wisdom one might do without," she says, "if wisdom springs from terrible loss."

Elizabeth Benedict: Joyce Carol Oates: A Widow's Derangement Elizabeth Benedict 2011

The destabilised woman becomes aware of her several selves, especially the contrasting ones of celebrity – the professional Joyce Carol Oates who continues to perform her public persona – and the grieving Mrs Smith who dissolves into a "damp tissue" or uses her dark imagination to embody the lure of suicide as a staring basilisk at the edge of consciousness.

A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates – review 2011

On a personal note, I taught at Princeton with Joyce Carol Oates in the 1990s and worked with her on an essay she contributed to an anthology I edited between 2008 and 2009.

Elizabeth Benedict: Joyce Carol Oates: A Widow's Derangement Elizabeth Benedict 2011

Cord Volkmer's review of Joyce Carol Oates's memoir, "A Widow's Story" Books, Feb. 12 , seems to agree with the author's premise that the meaning of terrible loss can be revealed, rather than constructed.

Wisdom Can Come Through Mourning 2011

When Raymond Smith, husband of prolific author Joyce Carol Oates, died suddenly in February 2008 after a short illness, a friend commented: "Knowing how you write, you may already be completing the first of many novels that will help you explore what you've been experiencing."

A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates – review 2011

Joyce Carol Oates wrote in, saying 'I'm going down to the park tomorrow.'

Famous Writers Including Salman Rushdie And Neil Gaiman Sign On To Support Occupy Wall Street 2011

Many of the later essays here, by the likes of Mike Lupica and Joyce Carol Oates, are embarrassing when set beside those of Heinz and Liebling.

The Bards of Bruising Tim Marchman 2011

She was portrayed by Renee Hendersen in the 2001 CBS mini-series Blonde, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates.

Jane Russell, Hollywood Screen Siren, Dies at 89 2011