Joyce Carol Oates

Novelist Joyce Carol Oates told us that when it comes to theater, she (unsurprisingly) recommends Greek Tragedy. 

The prolific and acclaimed novelist Joyce Carol Oates has a new book out, and the plot and characters beat a strong-resemblance to the real-life Tawana Brawley story.

Joyce Carol Oates has been called one of the most quintessentially American writers. She’s also one of the most prolific, with more than 70 books to her name. The Leonard Lopate Show ...

Renowned novelist and now editor of New Jersey Noir, Joyce Carol Oates, talks about the book and what it reflects about the state of New Jersey.

Joyce Carol Oates discusses her new memoir, A Widow's Story, about coming to terms with her husband’s sudden death and coping with the reality of widowhood, for which she was totally unprepared. 

Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates on her latest novel, Little Bird of Heaven, a dark, romantic, tale, set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York, the same setting of her previous novels We Were the Mulvaneys and The Gravedigger's Daughter.

Joyce Carol Oates' new novel, her 36th, is called The Gravedigger's Daughter. It's an imagined account of her own grandmother's life. Oates knew her great-grandparents ...