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Bibliomemoir: that’s the coinage Joyce Carol Oates created to describe the genre I have in mind, the sort of book that combines “criticism and biography and the intimately confessional tone of autobiography.” I revere Joyce Carol Oates for
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“How could I, a professional observer, miss the main story, not even pick up the hints?”
― Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide
― Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide
“Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist—a woman’s a pain in the ass. He’s assertive—she’s aggressive. He strategizes—she manipulates. He shows leadership—she’s controlling. He’s committed—she’s obsessed. He’s persevering—she’s relentless. He sticks to his guns—she’s stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult and impossible. If he acts, produces, and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.”
― My Name Is Barbra
― My Name Is Barbra
“YOU FREQUENTLY VIOLATE THESE RULES and then listed his own ten rules for good writing: Write to express, not to impress. Be proud of what you write. Rewrite always. Limit forms of the verb “to be.” Choose the exact word. Avoid clichés. Use cautiously simile, metaphor, and personification. Set inanimate objects against one another. Vary sentence structure. Create transitions. Proof your clean copy. If”
― What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
― What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
“Because I am a Catholic, I find that the notion of the sacramental—of the ordinary transformed into the extraordinary, of outward signs of inner grace—appeals to me and so finds its way into my work. Because I am a Catholic, the language of ritual, its repetitions and refrains, appeals to me and so finds its way into my work.”
― What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
― What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
“We like to think that our lives are within our control, but they may not be completely so. We are necessarily influenced by those who have come before us.”
― Tell Me Everything
― Tell Me Everything
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