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The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost writers of the short story. In 1962, 'The Fine White Mist of Winter, ' composed when the author was 19 years old, appeared in The Literary Review and was selected for both the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories of that year.
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- Author
- Joyce Carol Oates
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Ontario Review Press, Rutgers University Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780813521343
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