The author discusses her books "48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister" and "Zero-Sum: Stories" with author A.M. Homes.
In "48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister," a young woman mysteriously vanishes from her family home, and her sister must tally up the clues to discover her fate.
In Zero-Sum, a collection of linked stories, games are played for lethal stakes and Oates creates a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and ever-shifting identities.
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, and the National Book Award, among many honors. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers "We Were the Mulvaneys"; "Blonde"; and "The Falls." She is Professor of the Humanities emerita at Princeton University and teaches at NYU.
A.M. Homes is the author most recently of "The Unfolding.. Her other books include the best-selling memoir "The Mistress’ Daughter"; the novels "This Book Will Save Your Life," "The End of Alice," and "Jack"; and the short story collections "Days of Awe," "The Safety of Objects" and "Things You Should Know." She also teaches creative writing at The Lewis Center for the Arts.
Co-presented by Labyrinth Books and co-sponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council and Lewis Center for the Arts.
