PREMIER EVENT: JOYCE CAROL OATES in conversation with MICHELLE RICHMOND

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PREMIER EVENT: Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with Michelle Richmond

Wednesday, March 25, 7:30pm

The Sacrifice

 

Don't miss an evening with one of our most revered literary masters, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates and her new incendiary novel, The Sacrifice. This major work of fiction illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives and probes the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, the complexities of truth, and our insatiable hunger for sensationalism.

When a 14-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades. Oates explores the uneasy fault lines in a racially troubled society. In such a tense, charged atmosphere, Oates reveals that there must always be a sacrifice—of innocence, truth, trust, and, ultimately, of lives. Unfolding in a succession of multiracial voices, in a community transfixed by this alleged crime and the spectacle unfolding around it, this profound novel exposes what—and who—the “sacrifice” actually is, and what consequences these kind of events hold for us all.

As the chorus of its voices—from the police to the media to the victim and her family—reaches a crescendo, The Sacrifice offers a shocking new understanding of power and oppression, innocence and guilt, truth and sensationalism, justice and retribution. 

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 70 books, including novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestseller We Were the Mulvaneys. Among her many honors are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, including Golden State and The Year of Fog, and two story collections, including Hum, winner of the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. She is the founder and publisher of Fiction Attic Press.

Event date: 
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 7:30pm
Event address: 
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025-4349
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062356949
Published: Ecco - September 9th, 2014

Carthage: A Novel By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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The Accursed: A Novel By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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A Widow's Story: A Memoir By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - February 7th, 2012

Mudwoman: A Novel By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Prison Noir (Akashic Noir) By Joyce Carol Oates (Editor) Cover Image
By Joyce Carol Oates (Editor)
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Published: Akashic Books, Ltd. - September 2nd, 2014

Black Dahlia & White Rose: Stories By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
$18.72
ISBN: 9780062195708
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Published: Ecco - April 29th, 2014

We Were the Mulvaneys By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780452282827
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Published: Plume - January 24th, 2001

Marya: A Life By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - March 18th, 2014

Little Bird Of Heaven: A Novel By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - August 31st, 2010

Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: HarperTeen - October 1st, 2013

Bellefleur By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - June 25th, 2013

Dear Husband,: Stories By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - April 6th, 2010

them (The Wonderland Quartet #3) By Joyce Carol Oates, Elaine Showalter (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Joyce Carol Oates, Elaine Showalter (Introduction by)
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Published: Modern Library - September 12th, 2006

Middle Age: A Romance By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - October 1st, 2002

American Appetites By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - July 15th, 2014

Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Mysterious Press - September 3rd, 2013

Daddy Love By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Mysterious Press - February 11th, 2014

A Bloodsmoor Romance By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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Published: Ecco - October 22nd, 2013

Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
$22.88
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Published: Plume - August 1st, 1994

Women in Love (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) By D.H. Lawrence, Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction by), D.H. Lawrence (Foreword by) Cover Image
By D.H. Lawrence, Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction by), D.H. Lawrence (Foreword by)
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ISBN: 9780375754883
Published: Modern Library - January 4th, 2000

In the Land of Milk and Honey By Joyce Carol Thomas, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Joyce Carol Thomas, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
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Published: Amistad Books for Young Readers - September 18th, 2012

The Sacrifice: A Novel By Joyce Carol Oates Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062332974
Published: Ecco - January 27th, 2015

Golden State: A Novel By Michelle Richmond Cover Image
$15.00
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ISBN: 9780385343282
Published: Bantam - February 4th, 2014

The Year of Fog: A Novel By Michelle Richmond Cover Image
$14.00
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ISBN: 9780385340120
Published: Bantam Discovery - February 26th, 2008

No One You Know: A Novel By Michelle Richmond Cover Image
$18.72
ISBN: 9780385340144
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Published: Bantam - May 19th, 2009