When you read, do you ever tap your foot? Does music ever spark an idea in your head? Can you come up with a song or an artist that blends music and literature? Joyce Carol Oates wrote one of her most enduring works of short fiction after hearing Bob Dylan on the radio. This semester we will read the Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” In my copy, she includes “For Bob Dylan” directly underneath her title. In 1965, JCO was just beginning her teaching career at Universtiy of Detroit when Dylan released the album Bringing It All Back Home. Off of this record, JCO heard the song “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” and something clicked in her head. She was writing a work of fiction based on a true-to-life Arizona psycho-killer that preyed on innoent high-school girls. She had read about... Read more →