Fox, the latest novel from Joyce Carol Oates, is a whodunit combined with a psychological dissection of an abhorrent character
Oates has generally carved a bifurcated path in her publication history.
Joyce Carol Oates continues a late-career hot streak with a collection of subversive suspense stories
Oates's pervading theme across her entire career involves an investigation into the nature of consciousness and the mysteries of personality.
Beyond death and grief, Molly Peacock finds colour and calm in her new poetry collection, The Widow’s Crayon Box
There is ambiguity here, but also a plaintive recognition of very human emotions that are often denied or ignored by people frightened by their complexity or contradictions.
The new novel from Joyce Carol Oates is a Boschian descent into the mind of a deluded surgeon who runs a New Jersey asylum for women
On balance, Butcher is a savage literary provocation.
The Spooky Season: Joyce Carol Oates offers up fifteen tales of body horror by women
Body horror is by nature a visceral mode, and many of the writers here take full advantage of the gooier elements in their tales.
Zero-Sum, the latest collection from Joyce Carol Oates, is a grab bag of goodies from various genres
This latest volume offers an energetic point of entry as well as a strong argument for Oates's continued relevance.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 2: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates
The story has numerous commonalities with Everil Worrell's pulp horror tale "Leonora."
Some thoughts about today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
"If you are afraid of the ascendancy of fascism in this country – and you would be very foolish not to be right now – then you had better understand that the root issue here has to do with male supremacy and the control of women."
31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 27: “Sin” by Cynthia Ozick
The ninety-four-year-old author’s story, about art and failure, is charged with typically graceful and metaphorical language.
31 Days of Stories 2021: Why read short stories?
Stories require attention and concentration and often yield their meanings only over time, or in retrospect. But the best stories reward vigilance and repeated reading.