Know what 'celebrity' is kid? Being paid to bullshit the rest of your natural life. - Joyce Carol Oates

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Know what 'celebrity' is kid? Being paid to bullshit the rest of your natural life.

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About Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author who has published 58 novels, plays and novellas, as well as volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014 and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. She is a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley where she teaches short fiction.

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