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Clute, John. "Oates, Joyce Carol." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Eds. John Clute and David Langford. Ansible Editions, 2 Dec. 2024. Web. 6 Feb. 2025. <sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/oates_joyce_carol>.

 

Ebert, Roger. “Smooth Talk Movie Review & Film Summary (1986).” Roger Ebert, 9 May 1986, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/smooth-talk-1986.

 

Anderson, Eric. “Blonde: The Book behind the Movie.” Youtu.be, Eric Anderson, 2024, youtu.be/DhEmuVPHCMs?si=QiEZt2D0F805D3Yq&t=380. 

 

Joyce Carol Oates Biography - Life, Family, Childhood, Children, Parents, Name, Story, Death, Wife. www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/Oates-Joyce-Carol.html.

 

Moore, Honor. “Smooth Talk: Girl Power.” The Criterion Collection, 23 Feb. 2021, www.criterion.com/current/posts/7290-smooth-talk-girl-power#:~:text=I%20knew%20Joyce%20was%20%E2%80%9Cburning%20to%20direct%E2%80%9D,she%20told%20me%20she%27d%20optioned%20a%20story.

 

Popova, Maria. “Joyce Carol Oates on What Hemingway’s Early Stories Can Teach Us about Writing and the Defining Quality of Great Art.” The Marginalian, 19 June 2014, www.themarginalian.org/2014/06/19/joyce-carol-oates-nypl-hemingway/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

 

Ramsland, Katherine. “Charles Schmid: The Pied Piper.” Inspiration for Joyce Carol Oates - Charles Schmid: The Pied Piper of Tucson - Crime Library, 2015, www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/schmid/oates_9.html.

 

Sheree. “Book Review: Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates.” Keeping up with the Penguins, 25 Nov. 2024, keepingupwiththepenguins.com/blonde-joyce-carol-oates/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

 

Showalter, Elaine. “Joyce Carol Oates’s “Blonde” Is the Definitive Study of American Celebrity .” The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020, www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/joyce-carol-oatess-blonde-is-the-definitive-study-of-american-celebrity.

 

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Joyce Carol Oates | Biography, Books, and Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jan.            2025, www.britannica.com/biography/Joyce-Carol-Oates.

 

Vaia Editorial Team. “English Literature.” Vaia, 2025, www.vaia.com/en-us/explanations/english-literature/american-short-fiction/where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been/.