That Dangerous Teenage Crush: The Joyce Carol Oates Influence in "Because You're the First
StartFragment I honestly cannot remember a time when books were not a part of my life. So it was probably natural when I wrote my first book "Because You're the First" I wanted to write something around characters that were book lovers. I thought I would be fun to talk about some of the books, both old and new classics that were in the book. The first book talked about in the novel isn't really a book. It's actually a short story. "Where Are you Going, Where Are you From?
