To answer your question, if Oates had help writing this book because her mental state was different. I do not believe Oates had help from anyone to write this book. I believe that these are her true emotions that could only be written by her. I came to this conclusion based off the Michael Krasny's interview with Oates at the University of San Francisco. After watching this interview as one of the week 6 assignments, Oates described the process of writing this book.
She descried how she kept a journal as she believes that keeping a journal is very powerful. She stated during the interview that “nothing disappears so quickly as scenes of crisis” (Oates, 2011). She described that this book was a process that took some time. When she wrote in
She descried how she kept a journal as she believes that keeping a journal is very powerful. She stated during the interview that “nothing disappears so quickly as scenes of crisis” (Oates, 2011). She described that this book was a process that took some time. When she wrote in