Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

My Adventures as "Rosamond Smith"

A Preface

Jan 8 • Joyce Carol Oates

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December 2025

The Miraculous Birth

A Holiday Poem

Dec 25, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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"JCO" and I

(After Borges)

Dec 11, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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November 2025

Thanksgiving

A short story

Nov 27, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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The Enigmatic Art of Self-Criticism

Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea

Nov 13, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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October 2025

Big Momma

A short story

Oct 30, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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Undocumented Alien: Very Rough First Draft Report PROJECT JRD

A short story

Oct 16, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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Poetry Reading

At the Old Guard of Princeton

Oct 2, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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September 2025

To a Young Writer

An excerpt from "The Faith of a Writer"

Sep 18, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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Broke Heart Blues

Afterword

Sep 4, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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August 2025

Where the Land and Water Meet

The photography of Richard Trenner

Aug 21, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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Strawberries

A summer poem

Aug 7, 2025 • Joyce Carol Oates

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