[This entry was updated by Sarah Catlin Barnhart (University of South Carolina) from the update by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 216-241, of the entries by Michael...

Joyce Carol Oates was born in the small town of Lockport, New York, on 16 June 1938 and grew up in a rural setting nearby in Erie County. Together with her brother, Frederic, and sister, Lynn Ann, she was raised as a Roman Catholic in a home free from th...

In 1990 Joyce Carol Oates won both the Elmer Holmes Bobst Lifetime Achievement Award in Fiction and the Rea Award for the Short Story, a twenty-five-thousand-dollar prize that honors living American writers "who have made significant contributions to the...

The monster winter storm that hit the Midwest and Northeast has blown out to sea, leaving behind huge snow piles, frigid temperatures and frustrated retailers who hoped to cash in on Valentine's Day. Utilities reported more than 66,000 customers without power early Thursday in Maryland,...

Usually a romantic dinner spot with its lace tablecloths and homemade marinara sauce, Spennato's Restaurant was ready for a busy Valentine's Day.Then a monster winter storm blew in across the Northeast and the Midwest _ and any prospect of big business was buried in 15...

The monster snow and ice storm that hit the Midwest and Northeast had blown out to sea Thursday, leaving behind huge snow piles, frigid temperatures, highway logjams and frustrated retailers who hoped to cash in on Valentine's Day.Utilities reported more than 66,000 customers without power...

Jonathan Papelbon lifted weights diligently to strengthen his ailing shoulder. Then he stood patiently in the woods, working on his duck calls so he could nab his prey and try his tasty recipe:Slice the duck breast into four pieces, marinate in Italian dressing and cola...