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Sep 20, 2021 · In her new novel, “Harrow,” the author’s dark, surprising language mourns for the world we’ve demolished, Katy Waldman writes.
- “The Beach House,” by Joy Williams
Published in the print edition of the January 15, 2024,...
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Fiction by Joy Williams: “He was no longer a child, scorched...
- “The Beach House,” by Joy Williams
Jan 8, 2024 · Published in the print edition of the January 15, 2024, issue, with the headline “The Beach House.”. Joy Williams has published ten books of fiction, including “ Harrow ” and “ The ...
Oct 19, 2020 · Fiction by Joy Williams: “He was no longer a child, scorched with sickness, a beloved. He was someone else, someone with no one.”
Joy Williams reads her story “The Beach House,” from the January 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Williams, a winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, is the author of five story collections, including “Ninety-Nine Stories of God” and “The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories,” and five novels, such as ...
Born in 1944 to a Maine preacher, Williams earned an MFA from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1965, then burst onto the New York literary scene in the early seventies.
Joy Williams (born February 11, 1944) is an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Best-known for her short fiction, she is also the author of novels including State of Grace, The Quick and the Dead, and Harrow.
Joy Williams joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Itch," by Don DeLillo, from a 2017 issue of the magazine. Williams is the author of four novels and five story collections, including "The Quick and the Dead," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and "Ninety-Nine Stories of God."