Archive - Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

27 Clues into Writing Your Heart Out

Things I wish I had known

Jul 27, 2023 •

Joyce Carol Oates

"The American Dream:" A Course Syllabus

Exploring the meaning of “The American Dream” through American literature and film

Feb 20 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Why is Your Writing So Violent?

A Familiar Question

Jan 23 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Notes on Failure

What must the midnights be?

Apr 3 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Pseudonymous Selves

Who have you been, who will you be?

Feb 6 •

Joyce Carol Oates

An Unexpected Intimacy

Some Thoughts on Writing Through the Decades

Mar 10, 2023 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Anatomy of a Story

All stories are infinite

Dec 13, 2024 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Lovely, Dark, Deep

A short story about Robert Frost

Mar 20 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Zanche and Lilith

Feline sisters in crime

May 29 •

Joyce Carol Oates

Don't You Trust Me?

Nov 14, 2024 •

Joyce Carol Oates

RUNNING: A ROMANCE

July 1999—March 2024

Mar 22, 2024 •

Joyce Carol Oates

At the Gothenburg Book Fair

September, 2024

Feb 27 •

Joyce Carol Oates

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