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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed each and every short story immensely even though most were tough subjects to read about.  Joyce Carol Oates wrote from a variety of perspectives in this short story collection and each was very powerful.  And each story left me wanting to know more about the characters' lives after the con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41164847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Typical of Joyce Carol Oates: deep psychological portraits of people in seemingly extraneous circumstances, but with emotions and events that are hauntingly familiar to readers. Even though I've never experienced the horror in these stories, I was able to feel the characters' pain, thanks to Oates' ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20541190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great stories; contained Oate's usual dark scenarios that I always find mildly funny.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first story this morning. Wow..it's called &quot;Curly Red,&quot; and I found it quite powerful. Back to JCO now for more!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These were enjoyable stories for the most part, but fairly forgettable - as in once I was done with the book I had a hard time remembering any story distinctly.  Sometimes Oates can be a bit over the top, but this was pretty good. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book to study short story creation and practice and found myself reassured on several levels. In the past, I've never much cared for short stories. They're ... short. But Oates packs so much into a short story it's inescapably obvious that there is something lasting to this form of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13688816">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[sometimes i think that when joyce carol oates sits down to write, she thinks to herself: what will break my readers heart?<br/>because she does. repeatedly. in different and utterly profound ways. this is my favorite collection of her shorter pieces and for anyone not interested in hanging around f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2180035">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Joyce Carol Oates is just way too diffuse for me, stylistically speaking.  I know this will seem like heresy to some, and I don't mean to imply that she isn't a literary genius ... BUT, I just can't get past the incredibly high ratio of words to actual plot or thematic CONTENT, you know?  So, go on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17942886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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