A Chat with Joyce Carol Oates - Cardiff, by the Sea

[@eddie_d1233]

Congratulations on all your Oates interviews. These are now historical documents and will be useful to Oates scholars in the future.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you! And that’s a lovely thought.

[@hollyc4624]

That was such a treat! I adore JCO and this was a wonderful interview, completely worth the time. You are great at interviewing her, or as she said, having a conversation with her. She is such a brilliant woman and gem for all of us readers. I love her exploration of women’s issues in unique ways. Thanks for posting! And it looks like the “self-centered man in power” (paraphrasing a bit) is close to being removed from power. ✌️

[@IsabellaMassardo]

This is a wonderful interview! JCO is my favorite writer, this is such a treat! Thank you!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It’s such an honour to speak to her.

[@farahmonaf9247]

Ah Eric! these interviews warm my heart! I love that she feels like talking to a friend, not an interviewer. I have to thank you for now I'm really in love with her as a person as well as a writer.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

That's great to hear! She's such a brilliant, good-hearted person.

[@curtjarrell9710]

Eric, thank you so much for your videos. I received 'Cardiff...' as a Christmas gift and just finished reading it. This JCO interview was a real treat. Your warmth and gentle manner make these presentations an oasis for me in our troubled times.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

I’m so glad you enjoyed both the novellas and our discussion. Thanks for letting me know!

[@susanhillman7257]

I love this interview, you have a great patient way with speaking to her. JOC is very special. I didnt know about Cardiff by the Sea and Cuttung Edge so I just ordered from my independent. Congrats and keep up the great work, I look forward to your new posts, thank you!!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy them. 📚

[@JasmineReads]

What a wonderful lady!! Such a treat to watch x

[@EricKarlAnderson]

🤗📚

[@cfwilliams1]

Oh my goodness. I think I've seen every JCO interview on the internet by now. I tried my luck again tonight, just to see if anything new would be here, and what a delight (though not a surprise) to see that you've done another interview with her. I've been consuming EKA videos too (love the bookshelf tour!), so this just feels like a gift from the universe. Thank you for doing these and sharing!!!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you! That means a lot. I’ve listened to just about every interview with her as well and it’s so cringe when an interviewer is just talking to her as a job rather than being passionate about her work.

[@cfwilliams1]

@@EricKarlAnderson YES. Was just watching her interview about American Appetites from a while back, and the interviewer was driving me nuts at times. This is a much better pairing.

[@cfwilliams1]

Also, @Eric Karl Anderson, you perhaps know this, but you are mentioned in this interview at 41:30 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nILNpImMgs99f5Y

[@bradykelso8682]

What a gift to us all. Thank you for this outstanding interview with Ms. Oates. Love your book reviews. Cheers!!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@brendencraven4677]

How wonderful you got to interview your favorite writer😎 happy for you. I’d love to chat with Simon of Duran Duran.

[@AuburnAfterglow]

This is so fascinating! :D I hope this becomes a regular part of your channel, JCO interviews :))

[@EricKarlAnderson]

I’d love for it to be - with her productivity it’ll probably mean we speak a few times a year! 😄

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

I was at The London library today and I was looking for a Dickens book. Among the shelves, I saw a book at the top of a bookshelf that looked like Blonde. I thought : ‘that has to be Oates’. Then I retraced my steps and I saw books and books by Oates and I don’t know how many minutes I stayed there, but I was in awe of her amazing achievement. I wanted to take all her books home there and then.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Awe, I love the London Library. Enjoy going through her considerable back-catalogue. I promise it's worth it! 📚

[@RubenDario-hr4iq]

Great interview. Thanks

[@juliecruz3855]

Wonderful conversation!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you!

[@joniheisenberg6691]

Fabulous interview. Thank you so much for sharing !

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thanks for watching!

[@Snooooooooooopy]

Terrific interview - the rapport you have is wonderful. She is so interesting and your observations and questions are always so apposite. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Thank you!

[@cosilvia7]

what an amazing talk! Im so glad you got to speak to one of your favorite authors in such a detailed way and that we get to hear such an in depht reasoning from the author herself! thank you!

[@hartereads]

What a treat! I put Cardiff, by the Sea on hold at my library.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Great! Hope you enjoy it.

[@alekwithlove]

So happy you did this again!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

It was great fun!

[@bijofrancis1114]

I will be back here one day after reading her literature works.

[@MyArnette]

it can make one so authentic thought of one experiencing incest at someone's hand so tortuous such suffering, at times so vile and to think being a victim at that time labels them an abuser that in itself can make one suicidal😭😭knowledge is POWER thank God if one finds out and usually the thought of repeating such acts is repulsive knowing the hell.... thinking about bullies and having heard this also about incest survivors, so sad a thing however one can gain victory

[@teddydog6229]

I was sort of surprised by JCO's complete rejection of the concept of a haunted house. I consider myself a skeptic and I'm no psychic but I have been in places that seem so evil it covers me like a blanket and a suffocating urgency to get out takes hold. The notion that an atmosphere like that could become sentient doesn't snap my credulity. It's equally possible that at 3am in the abandoned mental hospital with no humans roaming around it nothing much at all is going on. This interminable introduction is all leading to - what do you think is Joyce Carol Oats's most frightening short story collection ?