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The best American essays of the century

Joyce Carol Oates

  • 610 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 2000
  • 4 editions
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1 About this book

Fifty five unforgettable essays by the finest American writers of the twentieth century.

Good for readers who want: essays and a long read.

  • Essays

2 About Joyce Carol Oates

Born 1938

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 nonfiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.

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