<P> `` Where Are You Going , Where Have You Been ? '' is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates . The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch magazine . It was inspired by four Tucson , Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid , which were profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4 , 1966 . Oates said that she dedicated the story to Bob Dylan because she was inspired to write it after listening to his song `` It 's All Over Now , Baby Blue . '' </P>
where was where are you going where have you been published
the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch magazine