Joyce Carol Oates

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61) Give me your heart: tales of mystery and suspense

Author

Oates, Joyce Carol

Language

English

62) American melancholy: poems

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Oates, Joyce Carol

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English

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The first poetry collection in twenty-five years by the National Book Award-winning author observes the human heart and mind while exploring subjects ranging from politics and racism to poverty and loss.

63) Sourland: stories

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Oates, Joyce Carol

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English

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A gripping and moving new collection of stories that reimagines the meaning of loss-- through often unexpected and violent means.

64) Smooth talk

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English

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Growing up in small-town America, high school sophomore Connie Wyatt is anxious to escape the boredom of family farm life. Connie will find herself in dangerous waters when a flirtatious day out at the mall leads to a meeting with the mysterious and charismatic Arnold Friend.

65) The best American mystery stories 2017

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English

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Mystery Anthologies

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A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.

66) When things get dark: stories inspired by Shirley Jackson

Author

Datlow, Ellen

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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"A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson."--Amazon.

67) Prison noir

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English

68) The journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982

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Oates, Joyce Carol

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English

69) What I lived for

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Oates, Joyce Carol

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English

70) Tenderness

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Language

English

71) The fabulous beasts: poems

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Language

English

72) Soul at the white heat: inspiration, obsession, and the writing life

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Language

English

73) In rough country: essays and reviews

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Oates, Joyce Carol

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English

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This new collection brings together some of Joyce Carol Oates's most brilliant and provocative pieces, covering a diverse range of subjects and ideas. The rough country is both the treacherous geographical/psychological terrains of the writers she analyses--Flannery O'Connor, Shirley Jackson, Cormac McCarthy, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood among others--and also the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband....