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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Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster taught classes there around the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Property records show that the rocker and his wife, Aimee Oates, held on to the residence, known as Little Woody Creek Ranch, for eight more years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
That due diligence revealed that Oates actually had a very strong connection to the property: A friend of his who lived in London owned it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
In separate posts on the social platform, Oates said she highly recommended Nolan’s adaption and that she wasn’t a fan of Wilson’s translation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
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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