
a book
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Joyce Carol Oates · 1994 · 522 pages
The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost writers of the short story. In 1962, 'The Fine White Mist of Winter, ' composed when the author was 19 years old, appeared in The Literary Review and was selected for both the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories of that year.
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Gillian Flynn
“I read Joyce Carol Oates’s short story ‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’ at college. I’d never had that experience where my blood changed temperature in my veins. I’ve probably reread it 100 times since then and still can’t figure out how it’s done.”↗