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Joyce Carol Oatesauthor profile |
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| born | June 16, 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| gender | female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Lockport, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Joyce Carol Oates is the award-winning author of more than 80 books, and is a professor of creative writing at Princeton University. Oates has also written under the pseudonyms "Rosamond Smith" and "Lauren Kelly." |
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upcoming events
event: Joyce Carol Oates on tour for book "The Gravedigger's Daughter"
date: May 16, 2008 05:00PM location: United States description: The Pennwriters 21 Annual Conference is a three-day event featuring workshops, read-and-critique sessions, and agent/editor pitch sessions. Pennwriters is a Pennsylvania state-wide organization of 450 published and aspiring writers.
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books by Joyce Carol Oatescombine editionsavg rating: 3.53 | 11847 ratings | 186 distinct works
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quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."
— Joyce Carol Oates
— Joyce Carol Oates
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"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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— Joyce Carol Oates
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— Joyce Carol Oates