In the Icebound Hothouse by William Goyen is a favorite short story included in American Gothic Tales edited by Joyce Carol Oates'.

On one level, this novel is another one of Joyce Carol Oates's chronicles of a young girl's coming of age: a story of family, volition and fate.

Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde (2000) and "Three Girls" (1996)

Oates, Joyce Carol, ed.

Oates, Joyce Carol, and Stina Nielsen.

Oates, Joyce Carol.

Other novels by Joyce Carol Oates with similar themes and/or protagonists:

Aug. 15 through Sept. 3 "The Woman Who Laughed," a world premiere by Joyce Carol Oates with Lucie Arnez.

Before he had even had his Mother of God Wheat Flakes (or was it his Joyce Carol Oats?)

(Ages 12 and up) Joyce Carol Oates has for decades been writing books in many genres - fiction (including novels, novellas and short stories), poetry, essays, literary criticism, science fiction, mystery, suspense, drama and a children's book.