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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates: “The Frenzy”

May 2, 2026March 17, 2025 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joyce Carol Oates’s “The Frenzy,” which looks to be a disturbing look at an older man’s weekend trip with the much younger Cassidy.

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Joyce Carol Oates: “Late Love”

April 19, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joyce Carol Oates’s “Late Love.”

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Joyce Carol Oates: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

October 7, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joyce Carol Oates’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”

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Joyce Carol Oates: “Mastiff”

June 25, 2013June 24, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Joyce Carol Oates’ “Mastiff” was originally published in the July 1, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor A man and a woman, uncertain in their couple status, are out for a hike. When the story begins, they pass a massive … Read more

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Joyce Carol Oates: “I.D.”

June 8, 2016March 22, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Joyce Carol Oates’s “I.D.” Read the full post.

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