Judges 19 and Arnold Friend’s Enigmatic Code in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

On Tuesday, I wrote about the ways that The Blood Brothers’ “The Salesman, Denver Max” musically fits the tone — the ebbs and flows — of Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” I didn’t expect to add another blog post on this story, but after teaching it, I recalled how much the…