A review by jwdenson
High Lonesome: Selected Stories, 1966-2006 by Joyce Carol Oates

5.0

I've liked Joyce Carol Oates since I first read her in high school. She's a little dark, and a little sinister, so reading this entire volume of short stories together like a novel may be a little overwhelming. She's great, though. Reading her stories is almost like watching a performance of them because so much is going on between the margins. It's almost like you can see the looks on the characters' faces, the way she uses silences and words that go unspoken.