Joyce Carol Oats
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300 short stories: story 295
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Boy” author: Joyce Carol Oates year: 1988 where: the Ikea kitchen table note: This story is one long sentence! No, wait, two sentences. a line: “I opened his pants and took hold of him but he was soft, breathing fast and shallow, was he afraid?…” theme(s): Teacher student relationship, sex, desperation
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300 short stories: story 285
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “By the River” author: Joyce Carol Oates year: 1969 where: Abu Dhabi, Gate Tower I Gym note: As I approach the 300 short story mark, I have been thinking of doing a top 15 list. Mentally, I have been traveling back to some of my favorite short stories I have read over the last…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 