Thu, Apr 01
|Zoom
Joyce Carol Oates, American Melancholy
In conversation with poet Barbara Rockman. A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years. Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious output of novels and short stories, However, Oates has also always been a faithful writer of poetry.
Date, Time & Location
Apr 01, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
Zoom
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Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history.
Covering subjects big and small, and written in an immediate and engaging style, American Melancholy touches on both the personal and political. Loss, love, and memory are investigated, along with the upheavals of our modern age, the reality of our current predicaments, and the ravages of poverty, racism, and social unrest. Oates skillfully writes characters ranging from a former doctor at a Chinese People’s Liberation Army hospital to Little Albert, a six-month-old infant who took part in a famous study that revealed evidence of classical conditioning in human beings.
About the Author
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of…