
Amy Traiger I heard her speak today in Miami and am a huge admirerer - class act! Looking forward to working my way through her body of work as well as keeping track of her reviews. It was an honor and a privlege. She is remarkable!

Fulvia wonderful style... so immediate and accurate at the same time!

AnneCharlotte Berggren Just started "My sister, My Love" - wonderful!

Jason Evan Barrett: I just bought "Zombie". I plan on reading it this weekend.

Emily Pittman Just started "The Falls" and am loving it!

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 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 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 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.
www.mentorsmusesmonsters.blogspot.com
30 WRITERS ON THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THEIR LIVES ++ Free Press/Simon & Schuster ++ "An irresistible anthology" -Booklist

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 souv......enir, une fatalité de l'esprit"

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

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..

Begonya my early inspiration.

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.













