Joyce Carol Oates : letters to a biographer

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

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"In this generous selection of Joyce Carol Oates's letters to her biographer and friend Greg Johnson, readers will discover a never-before-seen dimension of her phenomenal talent. In 1975, when Johnson was a graduate student, he first wrote to Oates, already a world-famous author, and drew an appreciative, empathetic response. Soon the two began a fairly intense, largely epistolary friendship that would last until the present day. As time passed,...

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Biographers United States Correspondence

Johnson, Greg, 1953- Correspondence

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Correspondence

Women authors, American 20th century Biography