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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? [story]

Penned By Joyce Carol Oates
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? [story]

Penned By Joyce Carol Oates
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Original Fiction, Short StoryFirst published in Epoch, Fall 1966. Included in Prize Stories: O Henry Award Winners (1968), and The Best American Short Stories (1967).Her name was Connie. She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything...

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Language Eng
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Joyce Carol Oates finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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