Collections of Short Stories
All the Good People I've Left Behind
Choice 16(July-Aug. 1979): 670.
The Assignation
Bloomsbury Review Jan. 1990: 12.
Booklist 1 Sep. 1988: 39.
Fisher, Ann H. Library Journal 1 Sep. 1988: 184.
Georgia Review Winter 1988: 840.
Kirkus Reviews 1 July 1988: 926.
Magill Book Reviews 1 Aug. 1990.
New York Times Book Review 2 Oct. 1988: 11.
Publishers Weekly 22 July 1988: 43.
By the North Gate
Copeland, Edith. Books Abroad 38(Summer 1964): 313.
Duus, Louise. "The Population of Eden: J. C. Oates' By the North Gate." Critique 7, 2(1964): 176-177.
Frankel, Haskel. Saturday Review 26 Oct. 1963: 45.
Kauffmann, Stanley. "Violence and Gentility." New York Times Book Review 10 Nov. 1963: 4, 61.
Kliatt Paperback Book Guide 13(Winter 1979): 27.
Library Journal 15 Dec. 1963: 4873.
McConkey, James. Epoch 13(Winter 1964): 171-172. Reprinted In: Wagner, Linda M., ed. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. 3-4.
Publishers Weekly 23 Aug. 1971: 82.
Spector, Robert Donald. "The Chin Stays Up." Book Week 17 Nov. 1963: 32.
Time 3 Jan. 1964: 80.
Yivisaker, Miriam. Library Journal 1 Jan. 1964: 135.
The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque
Cohen, Joshua. Library Journal 1 Oct. 1998: 138.
Hooper, Brad. Booklist 1 Sep. 1998: 67.
Knudsen, James. World Literature Today 73(Summer 1999): 527.
Livesey, Margot. "Jellyfish for Dessert Again?" New York Times Book Review 7 Mar. 1999: 29.
New Yorker 18 Jan. 1999: 81.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 17 Aug. 1998: 44.
Crossing the Border
Beaver, Harold. "Heroes of Marriage." Times Literary Supplement 14 July 1978: 789.
Booklist 15 Sep. 1976: 122.
Choice 13(Nov. 1976): 1139.
Garrett, George. "Fables and Fabliaux of Our Time." Sewanee Review 85(Winter 1977): 106-107.
Halewood, William H. "An American in Windsor." Canadian Forum 56(Dec. 1976-Jan. 1977): 55.
Hope, Mary. Spectator 8 July 1978: 26.
Johnson, Greg. "Metaphysical Borders." Southwest Review 61(Autumn 1976): 438-441.
Lee, Hermione. "Desperate Women." Observer 30 July 1978: 26.
McLellan, Joseph. Washington Post Book World 18 July 1976: 8, 10.
Mellors, John. "Irish Times." Listener 4 Jan. 1979: 30-31.
Pearson, Carol. Library Journal Aug. 1976: 1659.
Publishers Weekly 21 June 1976: 86.
Publishers Weekly 2 Oct. 1978: 132.
Treglown, Jeremy. "Snob Story." New Statesman 7 July 1978: 27.
Tyler, Anne. "Fiction-Trouble." New York Times Book Review 18 July 1976: 8, 10.
Zimmerman, Paul D. "Stormy Passage." Newsweek 26 July 1976: 74.
Faithless: Tales of Transgression
Bollen, Rebecca. [E-Book Review.] Library Journal 1 July 2001: 74.
Harrison, Colin. "Lives of Noisy Desperation." New York Times Book Review 25 Mar. 2001: 5.
New York Times Book Review 1 Apr. 2001: 18.
New York Times Book Review 8 Apr. 2001: 26.
New Yorker 2 Apr. 2001: 135.
New Yorker 9 Apr. 2001: 135.
Publishers Weekly 29 Jan. 2001: 65.
Seaman, Donna. Booklist 1 Feb. 2001: 1020.
Snodgrass, Kathleen. "Knit One, Purl Two." Georgia Review 61(June 2002: 623.
Virginia Quarterly Review 77(Summer 2001): 99.
The Goddess and Other Women
Allen, Bruce. Library Journal 1 Feb. 1975: 96.
Avant, John Alfred. "New and Notable Fiction." New Republic 29 Mar. 1975: 30-31.
Bailey, Paul. "Muscular." New Statesman 11 Apr. 1975: 488.
Bartley, Edward. Best Sellers 1 Feb. 1975: 483.
Booklist 15 Mar. 1975: 725.
Cushman, Kathleen. "Goddesses of Change." National Observer 16 Nov. 1974: 27.
Eagle, Robert. "Being Beastly." Books and Bookmen 21(Jan. 1976): 56-57.
Engel, Marian. "Women Also Have Dark Hearts." New York Times Book Review 24 Nov. 1974: 7, 10.
Hall, Elizabeth. Psychology Today 8(Mar. 1975): 96.
Kirkus Reviews 1 Oct. 1974: 1076.
Lodge, David. "Under Compulsion." Times Literary Supplement 4 Apr. 1975: 353.
Mellors, John. "Americans and Others." Listener 22 May 1975: 685-686.
Phillips, Robert. Commonweal 11 Apr. 1975: 55, 57-58.
Publishers Weekly 7 Oct. 1974: 54.
Sage, Lorna. "The Edge of Hysteria." Observer 6 Apr. 1975: 30.
Wordsworth, Christopher. "Cassandra Syndrome." Guardian Weekly 12 Apr. 1975: 21.
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque
Beauregard, Sue-Ellen. Booklist 1 Mar. 1994: 1188.
Flanagan, Margaret. Booklist 1 Mar. 1994: 1181.
LaFaille, Gene. Wilson Library Bulletin 68(Mar. 1994): 102.
Moore, Robert C. Library Journal 1 Jan. 1994: 168.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 17 Jan. 1994: 406.
Upchurch, Michael. "Unpleasant Dreams." New York Times Book Review 13 Feb. 1994: 34.
Heat and Other Stories
Crabtree, C. "Summer Fiction." America 13 June 1992: 517.
Lesser, Wendy. "The Shopping Mall Wars." New York Times Book Review 4 Aug. 1991: 5.
Marien, Mary Warner. Christian Science Monitor 20 Aug. 1991: 14.
Reit, J.W. Library Journal 1 July 1991: 137.
Robinson, Sally. "Heat and Cold: Recent Fiction by Joyce Carol Oates." Michigan Quarterly Review 31(Summer 1992): 400-414.
Rozen, L. People 30 Sep. 1991: 25.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 5 July 1991: 55.
Tompkins, Cynthia. World Literature Today 66(Summer 1992): 516.
The Hungry Ghosts: Seven Allusive Comedies
Allen, Bruce. Library Journal 15 Sep. 1974: 2176.
Avant, John Alfred. New Republic 31 Aug. 1974: 30-31. Reprinted In: Wagner, Linda W. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. Boston: G.K. Hall, 36-37.
Booklist 1 Sep. 1974: 23.
Choice 11(Oct. 1974): 1139.
Hall, Elizabeth. Psychology Today 8(Mar. 1975): 96.
Hendin, Josephine. "Joyce Carol Oates Is Frankly Murderous." New York Times Book Review 1 Sep. 1974: 5.
Last Days: Stories
Berry, Neil. Ecounter May 1986: 55.
Jong, Erica. "Uncanny States of East and West." New York Times Book Review 5 Aug. 1984: 7.
Kirkus Reviews 15 June 1984: 544.
Publishers Weekly 8 June 1984: 55-56.
Rumens, Carol. Times Literary Supplement 18 Oct. 1985: 1170.
Soete, Mary. Library Journal Aug. 1984: 1468.
Sternhell, Carol. Vogue Aug. 1984: 212.
Stuewe, Paul. Quill and Quire Nov. 1984: 42.
Marriage and Infidelities
Abrahams, William. "Stories of a Visionary." Saturday Review 23 Sep. 1972: 76, 80.
Alexander, John. "Occupational Hazards." Times Literary Supplement 8 Nov. 1974: 1249.
Avant, John Alfred. Library Journal 1 Sep. 1972: 2754.
Breslin, John B. America 7 Oct. 1972: 265.
Christian Century 20 Sep. 1972: 928.
De Feo, Ronald. "Only Prairie Dog Mounds." National Review 24 Nov. 1972: 1307. Reprinted In: Wagner, Linda W. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. 31.
Doherty, Paul C. America 9 Feb. 1974: 94.
Doyle, Paul A. Best Sellers 15 Oct. 1972: 335-336.
Kapp, Isa. "In Defense of Matrimony." New Leader 11 Dec. 1972: 8-10.
Kirkus Reviews 15 July 1972: 821.
Life 17 Nov. 1972: 26-27.
Markmann, Charles Lam. "The Puzzle of People." Nation 4 Dec. 1972: 566, 568.
Mellors, John. "Kites and Aeroplanes." Listener 26 Sep. 1974: 416-417.
New York Times Book Review 3 Dec. 1972: 76, 78.
Oberbeck, S.K. "A Masterful Explorer in the Minefields of Emotion." Washington Post Book World 17 Sep. 1972: 4, 10.
Publishers Weekly 7 Aug. 1972: 40.
Sage, Lorna. "Coming apart at the Seams." Observer 18 Aug. 1974: 28.
Saturday Review 2 Dec. 1972: 80.
Straub, Peter. "Blood and Spinach." New Statesman 23 Aug. 1974: 261.
Time 23 Oct. 1972: 109, 112.
Washington Post Book World 3 Dec. 1972: 5.
Wood, Michael. "Diminished People." New York Times Book Review 1 Oct. 1972: 6, 43.
Night-Side: Eighteen Tales
Bator, Paul G. Virginia Woolf Quarterly 3, 3-4(1978): 315-316.
Booklist 1 Nov. 1977: 463.
Choice 14(Feb. 1978): 1646.
Coslick, Linda. Best Sellers Nov. 1977: 231.
Cunningham, Valentine. "Going Places." New Statesman 12 Jan. 1979: 54.
Delbanco, Nicholas. New Republic 25 Nov. 1977: 44-45.
Garrett, George. "Coming out of Left Field: The Short Story Today." Sewanee Review 86(Summer 1978): 469.
Hope, Mary. Spectator 27 Jan. 1979: 23.
Horn, Carole. "To the Edge of Consciousness." Washington Post Book World 20 Nov. 1977: E, 7.
Kirkus Reviews 15 Aug. 1977: 875.
Kliatt Paperback Book Guide 14(Spring 1980): 23.
Mellors, John. "Psychic and Mental." Listener 23 Aug. 1979: 254.
New York Times Book Review 6 Jan. 1980: 31.
Phillips, Robert. "The Short Story--Four Collections." Commonweal 15 Sep. 1978: 601. Reprinted In: Wagner, Linda W. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. 42-43.
Publishers Weekly 22 Aug. 1977: 60.
Romano, John. "A Way with Madness." New York Times Book Review 23 Oct. 1977: 15, 18.
Thwaite, Anthony. "Politics in Paradise." Observer 14 Jan. 1979: 35.
Virginia Quarterly Review 54(Spring 1978): 67-68.
Wiehe, Janet. Library Journal 15 Oct. 1977: 2182.
Wilson, D. Times Literary Supplement 23 Nov. 1979: 43.
Oates in Exile
The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese
Adams, Phoebe. Atlantic Sep. 1975: 85.
Allen, Bruce. Library Journal Aug. 1975: 1441.
Barnes, Julian. "No Picnic." New Statesman 21 May 1976: 685.
Booklist 1 Sep. 1975: 25.
Choice Nov. 1975: 1171.
Cushman, Kathleen. "Oates: If She Was Not Besieged Her Genius Is Indeed Immense." National Observer 2 Aug. 1975: 19.
Dinnage, Rosemary. "Altered Egos." Times Literary Supplement 21 May 1976: 601.
Fallowell, Duncan. "Trips." Spectator 29 May 1976: 30.
Kirkus Reviews 15 June 1975: 674-675.
McLellan, Joseph. Washington Post Book World 6 July 1975: 2.
Misurella, Fred. "Mary's Misery." Village Voice 4 Aug. 1975: 36.
Pochoda, Elizabeth. "Joyce Carol Oates Honoring the Complexities of the Real World." New York Times Book Review 31 Aug. 1975: 6.
Publishers Weekly 16 June 1975: 74.
Publishers Weekly 25 July 1977: 70.
Raven's Wing
Booklist 1 Sep. 1986: 31.
Books Nov. 1987: 29.
Kirkus Reviews 15 July 1986: 1055.
Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Guide Jan. 1988: 26.
Library Journal 15 Oct. 1986: 111.
Matthews, J. New York Times Book Review 5 Oct. 1986: 19.
Observer 1 Nov. 1987: 27.
Publishers Weekly 18 July 1986: 81.
Times Literary Supplement 19 Feb. 1988: 186.
Washington Post Book World 30 Nov. 1986: 3.
The Seduction and Other Stories
Allen, Bruce. Library Journal 15 Sep. 1975: 1653.
Baker, Jane. Antioch Review 34(Spring 1976): 377.
New York Times Book Review 7 Dec. 1975: 64.
Pochoda, Elizabeth. "Joyce Carol Oates Honoring the Complexities of the Real World." New York Times Book Review 31 Aug. 1975: 6.
A Sentimental Education
Ackroyd, Peter. "A Family and Its Fortunes." Sunday Times 8 Mar. 1981: 42.
Bell, David. Saturday Review Jan. 1981: 72-73.
Booklist 15 Nov. 1980: 422.
Cooke, Judy. "Losing Innocence." New Statesman 6 Mar. 1981: 22-23.
Cunningham, Valentine. "Counting Up the Cost." Times Literary Supplement 20 Mar. 1981: 303.
Curran, Ronald. World Literature Today 55(Autumn 1981): 672-673.
Kemp, Peter. "The Damaged Planet." Listener 23 Apr. 1981: 549.
Kiely, Robert. "An American Voice." New York Times Book Review 4 Jan. 1981: 7, 21.
Kirkus Reviews 15 Nov. 1980: 1482.
Merkin, Daphne. New Leader 9 Feb. 1981: 13.
Parker, Dorothy. "Oates Stories Tread Precariously Close to Melodrama." Christian Science Monitor 30 Mar. 1981: 19.
Phillips, Robert. "Overview of an Extraordinary Mind." Commonweal 28 Aug. 1981: 475-476.
Pinsker, Sanford. Studies in Short Fiction 19(Winter 1982): 94-96.
Prescott, Peter S. Newsweek 26 Jan. 1981: 74A.
Publishers Weekly 28 Nov. 1980: 45.
Publishers Weekly 6 Aug. 1982: 68.
Sage, Lorna. "Across the Gothic Drawbridge." Observer 15 Mar. 1981: 33.
Soete, Mary. Library Journal 1 Dec. 1980: 2516.
Talmey, Allene. Vogue Jan. 1981: 30, 32.
Thompson, Kent. "New Dances for Dionysus." Books in Canada 10(Apr. 1981): 20.
Virginia Quarterly Review 58(Winter 1982): 19.
Wier, Allen. Washington Post Book World 22 Feb. 1981: 10.
Wimsatt, Margaret. America 4 Apr. 1981: 281.
Unspeakable
Upon the Sweeping Flood
Bell, Millicent. "Her Own Rough Truth." New York Times Book Review 12 June 1966: 4-5.
Dunn, Douglas. "Disturbing Stories." Spectator 19 May 1973: 623.
Estok, Rita. Library Journal 1 Apr. 1966: 1926.
Hall, Joan Joffe. "The Chaos of Men's Souls." Saturday Review 6 Aug. 1966: 32-33.
Hunter, Jim. "Engulfing." listener 1 Mar. 1973: 284.
Kirkus Reviews 1 Mar. 1966: 265.
Kitching, J. Publishers Weekly 28 Feb. 1966: 90.
Miles, Donald. "Aversions." New Statesman 30 Mar. 1973: 470.
"Off the Map." Times Literary Supplement 9 Mar. 1973: 257.
Tomalin, Claire. "Veldschmerz." Observer 18 Mar. 1973: 37.
The Wheel of Love
Avant, John Alfred. Library Journal 1 Sep. 1970: 2829.
Bell, Pearl K. "A Time for Silence." New Leader 16 Nov. 1970: 14-15.
Booklist 15 Jan. 1971: 401.
Crane, Lucille G. Best Sellers 1 Jan. 1971: 429.
Darrach, Brad. "Consumed by Piranha Complex." Life 11 Dec. 1970: 14.
Gilman, Richard. "The Disasters of Love, Sexual and Otherwise." New York Times Book Review 25 Oct. 1970: 4, 62.
Gregory, Hilda. "Eros and Agape." Prairie Schooner 46(Summer 1972): 177-178.
Hagopian, John V. Studies in Short Fiction 9, 3(1972): 281-283.
Kirkus Reviews 1 Aug. 1970: 825.
Long, Robert Emmet. Saturday Review 24 Oct. 1970: 36, 65.
Markmann, Charles Lam. "The Terror of Love." Nation 14 Dec. 1970: 636-637. Reprinted In: Wagner, Linda W. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979. 27-28.
May, Derwent. "Never Knowingly Understated." Observer 7 Nov. 1971: 34.
Nardi, Marcia. "With No Heart." Christian Science Monitor 31 Dec. 1970: 5.
Perkins, Bill. "Similar They Are, but Miss Oates' Stories Still Stun." National Observer 28 Dec. 1970: 17.
Publishers Weekly 10 Aug. 1970: 47.
Sheppard, R.Z. "On the Rack." Time 26 Oct. 1970: 119.
Stern, Daniel. "The Many Voices of Human Loneliness." Washington Post Book World 25 Oct. 1970: 4-5.
Sullivan, Mary. "Cranford in India." listener 21 Oct. 1971: 550.
Virginia Quarterly Review 47(Winter 1971): xv.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
Kalpakian, Lura. "Gothic in the Garden: A Joyce Carol Oates Bouquet." Southern Review 29(Autumn 1993): 802.
Knudsen, James. World Literature Today 68(Spring 1994): 369.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 22 Mar. 1993: 72.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Stories of Young America
Bogart, Gary. "Edlerly Books for Youngerly Readers." Wilson Library Bulletin 49(Oct. 1974): 140.
McLellan, Joseph. Washington Post Book World 25 Aug. 1974: 4.
Publishers Weekly 10 June 1974: 42.
Where Is Here?
"Books Noted by the Editors." Antioch Review 52(Winter 1994): 187.
Grossman, Patty. Small Press 12(Spring 1994): 102.
Kenan, Randall. "Broken Hearts and Other Anatomical Disasters." New York Times Book Review 1 Nov. 1992: 14.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 10 Aug. 1992: 54.
Tompkins, Cynthia. World Literature Today 67(Autumn 1993): 825.
Tubach, Sally P. Small Press 11(Winter 1993): 43.
Will You Always Love Me?
Harrison, Kathryn. New York Times Book Review 10 Mar. 1996: 7.
Hooper, Brad. Booklist 15 Feb. 1996: 989.
Meyers, Lisa. San Francisco Review 21(May-June 1996): 6.
Powers, Elizabeth. World Literature Today 70(Autumn 1996): 959.
Ross, Patricia. Library Journal 1 Feb. 1996: 102.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 1 Jan. 1996: 58.