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“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.”

Joyce Carol Oates · Religion

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Joyce Carol Oates

To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost.

History

Joyce Carol Oates

Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.

Experience

Joyce Carol Oates

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

Love

Joyce Carol Oates

As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise.

Teacher