Joyce Carol Oates has not aged well
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Old Whine (r)
I read her 4-volume “Wonderland Quartet” back in 1975 in a BC English class; they were pretty good reads — the sort of stuff you’d expect to read in a college English class — but when I tried one of her later works a couple of years out of school and realized I was done with her.
Done, that is, until today, when I see that the 36-year-old author of Wonderland is now an addled 87-year-old whackjob.
Sad.
Joyce Carol Oates: Trump Likely Embarrassed Because His Assassination Attempt ‘Looked So Amateurish’
(to his credit, T***p has kept very quiet about the "assassination attempt" in Butler PA. likely, he is embarrassed about its staginess & doesn't want to draw any more attention to it. among numerous theories is the theory that it was "staged" but not rehearsed & much went… https://t.co/IKZGPJN2K5
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) April 18, 2026
"… wrong, not least that it looked so awkward, amateurish.)"
Oates make no mention of Corey Compertore (shot dead); David Dutch (damage to liver and broken ribs, numerous surgeries); and James Copenhaver, (wounded, unspecified injuries), as some of those “things that went wrong”, probably because (a) they were Trump supporters and (b) she’s embarrassed to — it completely undercuts her unhinged rant.