American Melancholy: Poems by Joyce Carol Oates

American Melancholy: Poems

Joyce Carol Oates

128 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five yearsJoyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent a...

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Moods

reflective 78%
emotional 65%
dark 52%
challenging 26%
sad 26%
informative 17%
hopeful 8%
tense 8%
inspiring 4%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 25%
fast 25%

Average rating

3.35

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