Joyce Carol Oates

  • Where Marilyn slept

    A seedy resort in Lake Tahoe hosted Monroe, Sinatra and the Kennedys -- sometimes all at once.
    By Jack Boulware January 16, 2001

  • The man who shot Charles Bukowski

    In Michael Montfort's photographs, L.A.'s late poet laureate of the gutter gets bent and knocks the bejesus out of literary decorum.
    By Stephen Lemons June 15, 2000

  • Marilyn from within

    Joyce Carol Oates dives deep into an icon and comes up with a masterpiece.
    By Pam Rosenthal April 18, 2000

  • At the Bad Sex Prize ceremony, London's literati get loose

    Even an appearance by Princess Diana's "love rat" and a vicious routine about Auberon Waugh's sex life don't ruin the mood.
    By Matt Thorne November 30, 1999

  • "On the Ropes"

    At Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, athletes fight for much more than Golden Gloves titles.
    By Charles Taylor September 21, 1999

  • The docu-novel

    The author of "Bellefleur" selects five great "nonfiction novels."
    By Joyce Carol Oates September 20, 1999

  • "Broke Heart Blues"

    The novelist explores the repercussions of a violent act in a town where life ends with high school.
    By Michelle Goldberg July 28, 1999

  • Turkey Shoot 1998

    The worst books of 1998
    By Salon contributors December 24, 1998

  • My Heart Laid Bare

    Elizabeth Judd reviews 'My Heart Laid Bare' by Joyce Carol Oates
    By Elizabeth Judd June 26, 1998

  • Classics Book Group

    An essay by Joyce Carol Oates on Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre.
    By Joyce Carol Oates September 29, 1997

  • Personal Best: Alice in Wonderland

    "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
    By Joyce Carol Oates September 30, 1996

  • We Were The Mulvaneys

    David Futrelle reviews "We Were The Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.
    By David Futrelle September 26, 1996
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