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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Tales from Paul Theroux, Joyce Carol Oates and other writers capture the experiences—comfortable and otherwise—of older age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The prolific novelist and short-story writer Joyce Carol Oates introduces readers to Julia, one half of a couple whose long marriage has come to contain strange, submerged, undiscussable elements in “The Disappearing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The ranch ended up being even better suited to them than they could have realized, according to Oates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s no wonder Oates stuck up for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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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