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Activity 1
Click this link to read the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. Feel free to browse this website, as well.
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Activity 2
Click this link to access an illuminating analysis of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates from the BMCC Library database Literature Resource Center. PDF version of the article.
Activity 3 (optional)
Click this link for a podcast reading of the Oates story. The voice is a bit eccentric (and I wouldn’t listen to this in the dark) but you may enjoy it!
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Activity 4
You may have wondered why this story is dedicated to Bob Dylan. Click this link for a Wall Street Journal article, which explains the author’s dedication of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” to the iconic folk singer Bob Dylan.
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Activity 5
Click this link to read a different kind of horror story, “The Gospel According to Mark” by Jorge Luis Borges.
Click here for an audio reading by author Paul Theroux.
Click here to access a story about a different sort of predator “The FiveForty-eight” by John Cheever.
