Landfill

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<p>Joyce Carol Oates wrote this short fiction piece published in the New Yorker</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061009fi_fiction[/url]”>http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061009fi_fiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There were many stories about her story:

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<p>I think her story is way too similar; “influenced” is not the right word. It is too soon for this type of story, and the details in her story leave the reader wondering what is true, what is similar and what is totally fabricated. I found it very painful to read and I have no firsthand knowledge of the Fiocco case. I can only imagine how painful it would be for someone closer.</p>

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<p>I was astouonded when I read it. It was so obviously lifted straight from the headlines about the young man from TCNJ, coupled with a bunch of cliches ripped right out of Charlotte Simmons mixed in.</p>

<p>I know I shouldn’t be saying this, but i think Oates has been phoning it in for years. New Yorker would never have published that if it didn’t have her name on it.</p>

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<p>I’m reading her book “Missing Mom” which is also about a murder. I don’t think I’ll be reading the Landfill story, it sounds too similar to the actual case and yes, I would think that it would be hurtful to the family. Maybe it’s just a coincidence and she wrote this before it happened but still…</p>

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<p>No, she says she had read about it but “didn’t realize” how close to the actual story hers was.</p>