• Each genre exerts a considerable spell, as a kind of "form" to be filled, as a Shakespearean sonnet is filled.

    Joyce Carol Oates: Each genre exerts a considerable spell, as a kind of "form" to be filled, as a Shakespearean sonnet is filled.
    "Writing Lessons From the Madly Prolific Joyce Carol Oates". Interview with Alexander Sammon, www.motherjones.com. September 10, 2016.