Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Author Spotlight

Joyce Carol Oates (1938 -    )

Famous Works Include: Wonderland (1971), The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (1976), Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984), Nemesis (1990), and Blood Mask (2006).

Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. With a reputation for prolificacy, Oates has been one of the leading American novelists since the 1960s.

Quotes from Joyce Carol Oates:

"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing homework you can still be writing, because you have that space."

"If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?"

"In love there are two things -- bodies and words."

Hope you've enjoyed this blast from the past from the May 2010 edition of the WCWC!

- Anna H.

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