Friday, November 06, 2026

FFB: BLACK WATER, Joyce Carol Oates

Black Water is one of my favorite Joyce Carol Oates novels. My husband and Megan went to hear her speak at Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor. I wonder if Megan dreamed at 21 that she would know Oates one day. 

It is a roman A clef, using the Kennedy Chappaquiddick incident as its inspiration, a bad word for it in this case.. It is a very spooky book with the water being very evocative. 

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