Patrizia Maffoni

Patrizia Maffoni Il primo libro che ho letto: Marya - Mi ha coinvolto ed è rimasto tra quei libri che consiglio di leggere anche ad altri che, magari, non ti conoscono

Vanessa

Vanessa You are an inspiration to all writers and avid readers. All of your work that I've read was remarkable and just simply fantastic! I still have so much more I need to read and am looking forward to reading. Who needs movies when you are reading a JCO novel..lol

Mary Sharkey

Mary Sharkey We read and discussed "Blonde" in our Narrative Structure class last night (CCNY). I am still overwhelmed by the enormity of this book.

Elizabeth Benedict

Elizabeth Benedict Joyce Carol Oates has a remarkable essay on her writerly influences in the new anthology, Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives. Other contributors include Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jane Smiley, Mary Gordon, Sigrid Nunez, and Denis Johnson.

Mentors, Muses & Monsters, edited by Elizabeth Benedict
Source: www.mentorsmusesmonsters.blogspot.com
30 WRITERS ON THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THEIR LIVES ++ Free Press/Simon & Schuster ++ "An irresistible anthology" -Booklist
Cissoise Rouquet Gesu

Cissoise Rouquet Gesu " il était comme les mauvaises herbes qui poussaient jusqu'à UN mètre à travers les crevasses du trottoir, luttant pour s'élever mais sans cruauté ni calcul" dans EUX, je trouve que cette phrase de Carol résume bien les personnages de ce livre.
"le plaisir ne laisse pas de souvenir, mais l'amour lui paraissait tout souvenir, une fatalité de l'esprit"

Jamiel Garcia

Jamiel Garcia Found "Solstice" in a bookshop yesterday..It's the first I'll be reading from JCO..

October 20 at 7:28pm · Report
Shankar Radhika
Shankar Radhika
Intense and lovely, read it on a bus trip from Austin to Houston!
October 25 at 8:46pm
Carol Andrews
Carol Andrews
you will love it- one of the first JCO I read-day and night , light and dark..enjoy
November 4 at 4:36pm
Bob Selah

Bob Selah has anyone read "the tatooed girl" yet? deciding whether to now dive into that or mulvaneys. prefer her darker side of character develpment. so, leaning toward tatooed..

October 15 at 12:58pm · Report
Bob Selah
Bob Selah
Opted for Gravedigger's Daughter instead. Started it last night. Definitely made the right call. Then again, I probably would have said that for anything I picked up from JCO.
October 21 at 7:45pm
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
Good choice! Still, Mulvaneys is significant in establishing the importance of family, gender and place, and gave me a good foundation for where JCO is coming from in these respects as woven through other works darker or not. Renee
October 29 at 5:10pm
Begonya

Begonya my early inspiration.

Toni Profaci Sullivan

Toni Profaci Sullivan
I have been a fan of Joyce Carol Oates for nearly two decades having become interested in her novels, novellas and short stories after she spoke at my college graduation. She is dark, violent and often portrays human nature at its worst which has made me at times put down her books for lighter, happier fiction. Oate...'s descriptions are unmatched by any writer in these times. I don't know how she manages to be so prolific without losing the quality of her writing to the tune of mass market fiction. She is brilliant - one of Ameria's best comtemporary writers. Check out Black Water, Because its bitter; Because its my Heart; The Falls; Middle Age, Tattoo Girl, Rape, Them, and any collections of short stories.Read More

October 11 at 7:05pm · Report
Toni Profaci Sullivan
Toni Profaci Sullivan
A couple of Oate's other books that stayed with me are American Appetites and Expensive People. P.S. I don't know why these comments are appearing here, I thought they were going to show up on a separate fan web site I came across last night...oh well...I still can't get used to this Facebook, but so far, I really am enjoying being a part of it.
October 12 at 1:51pm
Selim Bahar

Selim Bahar bir gun beraber gideriz romanin harika . ismi gibi muthis. cok sevdim. inanilmazsin . i love u :)

Eléonore Melchio

Eléonore Melchio Amazing writer! I have read many of her novels and am always amazed by her talent. So true in what she expresses and how artistically done. My favorite is the Mulvaneys. So mean and so true. The meaning of "survival of the fittest" finds an answer. I recommend it to all, and hope you enjoy it.

Bob Selah

Bob Selah just finished my first Oates book in "Beasts". outrageously dark and at times downright creepy, which of course, means i can't wait to read my next one! completely fascinated by her vivid character portrayals and her daring digs under the surface.

October 7 at 7:22am · Report
Stefanie Kusmann
Stefanie Kusmann
you should read her short story "The Ruins of Contracoeur". It's very dark and creepy...in a different way from Beasts though. It's fairly hard to find however. I bought a anthology of horror stories ("999") just to have a copy of the story...
October 12 at 12:23pm
Bob Selah
Bob Selah
thanks. i'll definitely have to check it out. well, assuming i can actually find it!
October 21 at 7:54pm
Keely

Keely i read a description of her as the weirdest and darkest writer accepted by the general public since Poe. What about Sylvia Plath? I think she's much more weird and dark than JCO.

Lili

Lili Listen to Joyce Carol Oates on french radio today in 50 min (http://sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/sommaire/
). Program : "Tout arrive". 12h50. About her last novel.

France Culture
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