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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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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