Connie Vs June
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”: Connie Vs June
Introduction
‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been’ is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. Published first in the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch magazine, the story begins with the words- ‘To Bob Dylan’. It is so because Joyce Carol Oates dedicated this short story to Bob Dylan’s whose song ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’ inspired her to write this (Introduction, p 9). The song is about a girl who is forced to leave her house with strange men, towards unknown, uncertain future (Dylan, “ ...
