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Double PortraitDouble Portrait

By Joyce Carol OatesPosted Thursday, June 5, 1997, at 3:30 AM ET

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If, opening that drawer quickly,
you hear your life rattle like hollow dice--
we understand each other perfectly.

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Joyce Carol Oates' most recent book is We Were the Mulvaneys, a novel. She is on the faculty at Princeton University.
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