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Lecture: Joyce Carol Oates: The Writer's (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration

Joyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates

The Writer's (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration

  • Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Place: Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall

In this informal talk about the psychological underpinnings of creativity, Ms. Oates will discuss Emily Dickinson, the Bronte sisters, Samuel Beckett, Anais Nin, Graham Greene, Norman Mailer, Eudora Welty, and John Updike. Questions will be welcomed afterward.