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About Lorrie Moore
American writer, critic, and essayist
Lorrie Moore is an American writer, critic, and essayist best known for her short stories. Since 1984, she has also taught creative writing. Her fiction has brought her major awards, and her work is widely associated with the short story form. Alongside her writing, she has maintained a long teaching career in creative writing, and her essays and criticism add to a body of work shaped by close attention to language and form.
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- “I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless.”Lorrie Moore
- “I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad.”Lorrie Moore
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- “A powerful leader, like a conductor, need not say a word for his message to be communicated.”Orly Wahba
- “The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.”Wadada Leo Smith
- “I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special prom…”Flume
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- “But 'Love My Way,' it would be incredibly difficult to resist jumping back in all these years later. I think…”Asher Keddie
- “I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into…”Elizabeth McGovern
- “If you cannot find a soul mate, at least find a foul mate”M.F. Moonzajer
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Books by Lorrie Moore
A Gate at the Stairs
2010
Bark
2014
Who will run the frog hospital?
1994
See what can be done
2018
Birds of America
1998