Joyce Carol Oates’ review: The Lost Landscape
In many ways, literature stands firmly as part of music, just as lyricism is an integral aspect of creativity. Recently, I found myself reading a book written by Joyce Carol Oates. Oblivious to how this American author has profoundly affected American literature, I started the book with a desire to understand how childhood journaling can make any sense after growing up. Oates’ The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age rediscovers the characters that ultimately see our ‘self’ as part of the family unit, which relates to others—in other words,…