—Joyce Carol Oates in A Widow's Story
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and...
Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.