Up Next: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates

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An episode of the Writers Who Read podcast, hosted by Gary Alan McBride, titled "Up Next: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates" was published on July 13, 2025 and runs 2 minutes.

July 13, 2025 ·2m · Writers Who Read

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Rachel Dempsey joins Whitney, Mira, and Gary to analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates.Dr. Silas Weir, the mid-19th century “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” is woefully under-educated and ill-prepared to deal with women’s health issues. Humiliated by his ineptitude, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where the title of Oates’s 62nd novel reveals its chilling meaning. Not a tale for the faint of heart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rachel Dempsey joins Whitney, Mira, and Gary to analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates.

Dr. Silas Weir, the mid-19th century “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” is woefully under-educated and ill-prepared to deal with women’s health issues. Humiliated by his ineptitude, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where the title of Oates’s 62nd novel reveals its chilling meaning. Not a tale for the faint of heart.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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