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Joyce Carol Oates defends The Odyssey from Emily Wilson’s ‘inappropriate’ attack on movie

’It seems odd that this director has drawn such angry criticism,’ she argued

The Independent UK

‘The crude language of Maga folks’: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolan’s Odyssey

The novelist suggested Wilson should have been ‘a wee bit more thoughtful and respectful’ towards a film-maker who may have helped boost her book sales

The Guardian - UK

'Crude language of MAGA’: Author Joyce Carol Oates defends 'The Odyssey' after translator's scathing review

The cultural debate over Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ continues, with Pulitzer Prize-finalist Joyce Carol Oates defending the film following a scathing review by translator Emily Wilson, who wrote that the film had “nothing convincing to say.”

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Joyce Carol Oates thinks the 90s TV adaptation of The Odyssey is the best. I beg to differ

The Hallmark Channel’s ropey version of The Odyssey is going viral for its star-studded cast. Christopher Nolan’s film only looks better by comparison

The Guardian - US

After putting Donald Trump in the White House, Elon Musk excited by the idea of bringing dinosaurs to life

The uncultured speak only one language: consumption.

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Joyce Carol Oates calls out ‘absurd’ Marty Supreme and deems it ‘slapstick farce’

‘Blonde’ and ‘Them’ author praised Timothée Chalamet’s performance, but found the movie itself ‘very repetitive’

The Independent UK

It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny

What the Tesla tycoon wants his billions can’t buy: being able to get a true laugh

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Joyce Carol Oates’ Brutal Takedown Of Elon Musk Backfires As She Clarifies ‘Uncultured’ Comment

The author seemingly went back on her comments, arguing that she wasn’t talking about Musk specifically.

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‘Totally uneducated, uncultured’: Best-selling author cooks Elon Musk with brutal takedown, he’s now in an impotent fury

He's clearly losing sleep over this...

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Fox by Joyce Carol Oates book review: Unflinchingly delivered depravity

If you consume too much true crime it starts to infect your routine. Let your dog off the leash in any lonely overgrown place and you’ll start to worry she’ll come bounding out of the undergrowth with a body part in tow. Maybe that’s my personal fear, but Joyce Carol…

Evening Standard

The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston

The Guardian - UK

Long live Joyce Carol Oates’ Twitter account: the only pure space left on this hell site

The 86-year-old author’s social feed might be her greatest contribution to literature – with philosophical musings on everything from US politics to an infected foot

The Guardian - AU

“You could think of this as theft, but it’s standard practice in the folk world”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

As A Complete Unknown hits theatres, our resident music professor puts one of Dylan's best-loved songs under the musical microscope

MusicRadar

Internet Users Question Large Police Presence, NYC Mayor Escorting Luigi Mangione to Federal Court: 'They're Sending a Message'

The alleged CEO assassin was escorted by a flock of officials, including the city's mayor, on his way to the federal courthouse in New York City on Thursday.

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Dragging Mike Tyson out of retirement should embarrass us - Jake Paul freak show is a tragic stunt

Tyson cannot be blamed for taking multi-million dollar offer but freak show should not be celebrated

The Guardian - UK

‘A literary voice for the ages’: Paul Auster remembered by Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates and more

The critically acclaimed American writer has died aged 77. Here, contemporaries pay tribute to his life and work

France 24

American novelist Joyce Carol Oates: 'The United States is tragically divided'

Our guest is a prolific and acclaimed author. With more than a hundred books to her name, 84-year-old Joyce Carol Oates has dissected American society throughout her 60-year career, winning countless prizes. She sat down with FRANCE 24's Fatimata Wane in Italy, at Sicily's Taormina Book Festival, where she was…

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Rebecca F Kuang rejects idea authors should not write about other races

US novelist talks of ‘weird kind of identity politics in American publishing’ while at Hay festival

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Margaret Atwood on her new collection Old Babes in the Wood and the ongoing relevance of The Handmaid's Tale

The Booker Prize winner lost her partner in 2019. Now, she draws upon their life together in her new book, Old Babes in the Wood.

Chicago Tribune

When will Gillian Flynn write the next ‘Gone Girl’? Later. She’s a publisher now

CHICAGO — Margot Douaihy reached Chicago's Lincoln Park in a roundabout way. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She came from a religious family and a long line of clergy. She went to Catholic school, but as she got older, Douaihy felt distanced from the church. She was queer and…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Affliction’ author Russell Banks dies at 82

‘All his work is exceptional,” Joyce Carol Oates said of his fiction.

Manchester Evening News

Blonde author breaks silence on Marilyn Monroe film criticism

The controversial Netflix biopic has proved extremely divisive since its release last week and has been slammed by many viewers and critics

Chronicle Live

Is Blonde a true story? The latest Netflix drama about Marilyn Monroe

The brand-new movie by director Andrew Dominik has caused quite the stir online due to its portrayal of America's Sweetheart.

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Blonde: Ana de Armas plays victimised Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s long-awaited, Netflix-backed take on the Hollywood starlet

Blonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates's fictionalised interpretation of the star’s tragic life, is the first movie due for release on a streaming service slapped with the NC-17 rating.

France 24

The blonde bombshell returns: Andrew Dominik's take on Marilyn Monroe

Director and screenwriter Andrew Dominik's image-fuelled adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's novel "Blonde" is now available on Netflix. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why what the director has called "an emotional nightmare fairy tale" is a powerful immersion into the circumstances of Marilyn Monroe, a performer who was anything…

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