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Them and now
Over the last, oh, 40 years or so, readers have come to Joyce Carol Oates and her novels, short stories, novellas, and essays through a variety of channels. You want the struggles of mid-20th- century urban life? Pick up Them, the 1970 National Book Award winner, which is third in Oates' Wonderland Quartet and one of the few novels that addressed the 1967 race riots in Detroit while the wound was still fresh. You want a sly reinterpretation of the 19th- century Gothic romance? Try her early '80s offerings Bellefleur or A Bloodsmoor Romance. Want some engrossing Oprah-approved fiction? Go to We Were the Mulvaneys, a family saga big on despair and multigenerational secrets and a New York Times bestseller. Like Marilyn Monroe? Try the sexy 700-plus pages of her fictionalized biography, Blonde. Muhammad Ali? Pick up 1987's On Boxing.See the full content of this document
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