To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost. Joyce Carol Oates awarechildhistory Change image and share on social
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University. Joyce Carol Oates erafascinatehistory Change image and share on social
I consider tragedy the highest form of art. Joyce Carol Oates artformhigh Change image and share on social
Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is the Night,' an experimental novel. Joyce Carol Oates experimentalfablefaulkner Change image and share on social
Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside. Joyce Carol Oates bookchildlover Change image and share on social