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Life as it unspools
ever more eludes
examination.

We wonder what is best—
exsanguination in a rush,
or in 1,000 small slashes.

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December 7, 2017

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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates is Visiting Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers–New Brunswick. She is the author, most recently, of the novel Babysitter and the 2023 recipient of the Award for Literary Excellence from Taobuk, the Taormina International Book Festival. (July 2023)

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