Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
A frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch Magazine.

Joyce Carol Oates
An American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over forty novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.

Paul the Apostle

An apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.

Saint Peter
Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simōn, according to the New Testament, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Church.

Commencement
The action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become graduates.

Prom
A semi-formal (black tie) dance or gathering of high school students. This event is typically held near the end of the senior year (i.e., the last year of high school). Proms figure greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students.

Anna Karenina
A novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger.