Joyce Carol Oates

Where Marilyn slept Where Marilyn slept
A seedy resort in Lake Tahoe hosted Monroe, Sinatra and the Kennedys -- sometimes all at once.
The man who shot Charles Bukowski The man who shot Charles Bukowski
In Michael Montfort's photographs, L.A.'s late poet laureate of the gutter gets bent and knocks the bejesus out of literary decorum.
Marilyn from within
Joyce Carol Oates dives deep into an icon and comes up with a masterpiece.
At the Bad Sex Prize ceremony, London's literati get loose
Even an appearance by Princess Diana's "love rat" and a vicious routine about Auberon Waugh's sex life don't ruin the mood.
"On the Ropes"
At Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, athletes fight for much more than Golden Gloves titles.
The docu-novel
The author of "Bellefleur" selects five great "nonfiction novels."
"Broke Heart Blues"
The novelist explores the repercussions of a violent act in a town where life ends with high school.
Turkey Shoot 1998
The worst books of 1998
My Heart Laid Bare
Elizabeth Judd reviews 'My Heart Laid Bare' by Joyce Carol Oates
Classics Book Group
An essay by Joyce Carol Oates on Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre.
Personal Best: Alice in Wonderland
"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
We Were The Mulvaneys
David Futrelle reviews "We Were The Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.

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