On Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates
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Author: Joyce Carol OatesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-01-01
ISBN: 0880013850
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Whatever Oates sets her mind to, shoe does well.
Summary: 4 Stars
Joyce Carol Oates, On Boxing (Doubleday, 1987)
The blurbs on the back of this book gush. A lot of very talented, very famous writers were quite enamored with Joyce Carol Oates' meditation on boxing, and they should have been. This is not only Oates writing with her best critical eye, but it's also Oates at her most approachable; this is easily as readable as any of her fiction, and more so than a good portion of it. She responds to the art of pugilism both, and often simultaneously, with a critical and an emotional eye. It's quite a nice little book, and as someone who knows nothing about boxing myself, I can attest that Oates' writing is not just for the aficionado; if you're old enough to remember the names Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns, you'll find this interesting and often enlightening. Another solid entry in the Oates canon. ****
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