Quentin’s sexual arousal was also given a lot of space. And – man, that was hard to read. Not only because some scenes were too graphic, but his triggers were very… unsettling. There were several diagrams of the procedure of the transorbital lobotomy and I ripped these out, too. Oates opposed the shuttering of cultural institutions on Trump's inauguration day as a protest against the President, stating that this "would only hurt artists. Rather, cultural institutions should be sanctuaries for those repelled by the inauguration." [46]

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I drive everywhere in my Ford van. It is a 1987 model, the color of wet sand. No longer new but reliable. It passes through your vision like passing through a solid wall invisible. My American flag decal big as a real flag in the rear window. Smith died of complications from pneumonia on February 18, 2008, and the death affected Oates profoundly. [34] In April 2008, Oates wrote to an interviewer, "Since my husband's unexpected death, I really have very little energy [...] My marriage–my love for my husband–seems to have come first in my life, rather than my writing. Set beside his death, the future of my writing scarcely interests me at the moment." [89] [90] Frontal lobotomy. Irreversible psycho-surgical procedure in which nerve fibers in the frontal lobes of the brain are severed by incision for the alleged relief of mental agitation, compulsive mental cognition, and physical behavior in schizophrenics and other emotionally disturbed persons. Joyce Carol Oates – Wonderland". Jco.usfca.edu. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009 . Retrieved June 14, 2011.Death of Personality: Quentin experiments with altering his victims brains to render them entirely obedient and compliant. He describes his ideal zombie as having "dead eyes with nothing behind them".

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When Judge L. pronounced, Two years, there was a long moment when my heart stopped before he added, Suspended sentence. His eyes, which I had no choice (my lawyer counselled me) but to look at, reflected severity but also kindness. a b "Author Focus: Joyce Carol Oates". Darkecho.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011 . Retrieved June 14, 2011. a b "Raymond Smith, 77, Founder and Editor of Literary Journal", The New York Times, February 27, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Crazy Jealous Guy: Quentin towards Squirrel. He gets extremely angry he would dare pay attention to a couple of teenage girls and not him. O. Henry Award – Special Award for Continuing Achievement (1970), five Second Prize (1964 to 1989), two First Prize (above) among 29 nominations [24]

Su apariencia física, su atracción por los chicos, su piso, sus hábitos y su necesidad de tener a alguien sólo para él.