Novellas
First Love: A Gothic Tale
Chin, Paula. People 26 Aug. 1996: 29.
Gates, David. New York Times Book Review 15 Sep. 1996: 11.
Hoffert, Barbara. Library Journal 1 Aug. 1996: 113.
Hooper, Brad. Booklist July 1996: 1804.
Publishers Weekly 24 June 1996: 44.
I Lock My Door upon Myself
Adams, Phoebe. Atlantic Nov. 1990: 173.
Bouvier, Bonita. Magill Book Reviews 1 Mar. 1991.
Kaganoff, P. Publishers Weekly 8 Nov. 1991: 62.
Kimble, C. "Touched in the Head by God." New York Times Book Review 11 Nov. 1990: 68.
Purkiss, Diane. "Inviolable Mysteries." Times Literary Supplement 17 July 1992: 20.
Robinson, Sally. "Heat and Cold: Recent Fiction by Joyce Carol Oates." Michigan Quarterly Review 31(Summer 1992): 400-414.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 21 Sep. 1990: 64.
Thompson, Bibi S. Library Journal 15 Oct. 1990: 105.
Tompkins, Cynthia. World Literature Today 65(Autumn 1991): 709.
The Rise of Life on Earth
Beattie, L. Elisabeth. Magill Book Reviews 1 July 1991.
Kaganoff, Penny. Publishers Weekly 20 July 1992: 247.
Robinson, Sally. "Heat and Cold: Recent Fiction by Joyce Carol Oates." Michigan Quarterly Review 31(Summer 1992): 400-414.
Smiley, Jane. "You'd Never Suspect Kathleen." New York Times Book Review 5 May 1991: 9.
Steinberg, Sybil. Publishers Weekly 15 Mar. 1991: 44.
Tompkins, Cynthia. World Literature Today 66(Winter 1992): 132.
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey
Allen, Bruce. "Dream Journeys." Sewanee Review 85(Fall 1977): 693.
Booklist 1 Mar. 1977: 992.
Choice 14(May 1977): 377.
Kliatt Paperback Book Guide 11(Spring 1977): 7.
Wiehe, Janet. Library Journal 1 Apr. 1977: 834.