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Fixing the Femme Fatale: The Millions Interviews Joyce Carol Oates

In , a collection edited and curated by , women blast into the traditionally male domain of noir. These 15 stories and six poems—by the likes of , , , and Oates—attest that women in noir are more than the ubiquitous femme fatale created

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