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    <body><![CDATA[I read this second semester of my freshman year of high school. It was when I was running for Miss Lenexa and we were selling candy to raise money for the Legler Barn. I ate almost all of my own Milky Way bars, and to this day, every time I read one of the short stories from this, I can taste a Milk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2667466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the title story but I'm not sure what other (early) stories of hers I've read. Liked that story, though Joyce Carol Oates' stuff is sometimes so edgy and raw it's like trying to swallow razor blades. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up at the library, totally forgetting that I had read it years ago 'til I started to read. I didn't much like this book, I just don't care for her stories &amp; I can't tell you why. They are well written but after reading anything from this author I feel depressed &amp; like my soul is grubby...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42040074">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh boy this was creepy. I love this woman, but don't read her if you're struggling with any emotions unless you want them to get deeper and blacker. Her prose will consume you.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Creative and unique but decidedly twisted and predictable. I didn't care for this one at all. And to think it's based on a true story! *shivers* No thank you.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like pizza or sex, even when Oates is bad, she's good, and you always want more. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The pacing of this short story is phenomenal...and disturbing. Quite haunting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Always love short stories. Keeps things moving.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title story gave me chills]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Where are you going, where have you been?&quot; is one of my favorite short stories of all time. I love the ambiguity and the themes of coming of age... of coercion and willingness. Joyce Carol Oates' works always dwell in the gray of life where victims and abusers are hard to suss out at time...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12233864">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the creepiest short stories I've ever read, even compared to Poe. The fact that this story was so realistic made it freaky. It was based off of real characters, real people, and real events in Tucson, Arizona. That made the story come alive. And when you read the background of this s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35548645">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's the catch with this book: I haven't read the whole thing, only the title story, but that's really just what I want to recommend!<br/><br/>Images from this story will still creep in an haunt my brain sometimes; I had a friend who read this story on my recommendation and couldn't sleep for da...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10300891">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I didn't read all of the collected stories of Joyce Carol Oates, I did dig into <em>Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?</em> It's the disturbing tale of crossing over from childhood to adulthood. I read it for school, so I am a little sick of analyzing it for the moment.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title story, &quot;Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?&quot; has been one of my favorite short stories since I first read it in a freshman survey class many moons ago.  I love how my interprertations of it are always evolving.     ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[another one of my all time favorite short stories....actually did a college term paper on this story and how it parrells the dylan song it's all over now baby blue....this story got me into oates....i would recommend this to anyone!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wrote a screenplay based on WAYG,WHYB that I always mean to go back to and expand. Probably my favorite short story ever. That may seem like hyperbole, but I don't think so.]]></body>
    
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