Playbill
October, 2011
Fall has arrived and with it the crisp scent of chilly death. We aren't going to sugarcoat it. Nor does Joyce Carol Oates, America's most prolific author and a literary shape-shifter. In San Quentin she assumes the voice of a man—a boy, really—who did an awful thing he still doesn't understand and probably never will. The restaurateurs who appear onKitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay know the feeling. In 2OQ the volatile chef insists he's not an ass, just passionate about perfection. Cooking,...
