Oates
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Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.
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Captain Lawrence Edward Grace . 1880–1912, English explorer. He died on Scott's second Antarctic expedition
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Titus. (ˈtaɪtəs). 1649–1705, English conspirator. He fabricated the Popish Plot (1678), a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II, burn London, and massacre Protestants. His perjury caused the execution of many innocent Catholics
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Martin and Joyce Carol Oates “quarantine” themselves so other voices don’t creep into their work, as was the case with McCarthy and J.D.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
“I think I’m gonna do another Hall and Oates song,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The 87-year-old Pulitzer finalist and Twitter legend Joyce Carol Oates, whose “laboriously pretentious drivel” would be less enjoyable than “eating a bag of sawdust,” per the world’s wealthiest man.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
Joyce Carol Oates was grateful someone was reading her books.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
She teased him because it was all so pretty and melodic, and "in the same phylum as Hall and Oates," and he threatened to evict her from his room.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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