Garth Risk Hallberg reflects on the breadth of Joyce Carol Oates's work, noting it embodies various genres including gothic, crime, and deep explorations of individual circumstances.
Hallberg shares personal insights on Oates's novella, "I Lock My Door Upon Myself," praising its engaging quality and how it encapsulates a woman’s comprehensive life journey.
He describes reading Oates's novel "them" as an intense experience, highlighting it as having one of the most powerful endings in twentieth-century American literature.
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