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Lorrie Moore
(b.1957)Lorrie Moore (born Marie Lorena Moore) is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories. Marie Lorena Moore was born in Glens Falls, New York, and nicknamed "Lorrie" by her parents. She attended St. Lawrence University. At 19, she won Seventeen magazine's fiction contest. After graduating from St. Lawrence, she moved to Manhattan and worked as a paralegal for two years. In 1980, Moore enrolled in Cornell University's M.F.A. program, where she was taught by Alison Lurie. Upon graduation from Cornell, Moore was encouraged by a teacher to contact agent Melanie Jackson. Jackson sold her collection, Self-Help, composed almost entirely of stories from her master's thesis, to Knopf in 1983.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Anagrams (1986)
The Forgotten Helper (1987)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (1994)
A Gate at the Stairs (2009)
I am Homeless if This is Not My Home (2023)
The Forgotten Helper (1987)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (1994)
A Gate at the Stairs (2009)
I am Homeless if This is Not My Home (2023)
Collections
Self-help (1985)
Like Life (1990)
Birds of America (1998)
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore (2008)
Bark (2014)
Like Life (1990)
Birds of America (1998)
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore (2008)
Bark (2014)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories 2004 (2004) (with Katrina Kenison)
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015) (with Heidi Pitlor)
The Best American Short Stories 2004 (2004) (with Katrina Kenison)
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015) (with Heidi Pitlor)
Non fiction show
Lorrie Moore recommends
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (2022)
Sidik Fofana
"The book I've been waiting for . . . The author knows this community and its predicaments and has assembled a cast that will break your heart but also at times put your heart back together again. Mr. Fofana has an acute ear and a perfect eye, and he doesn't rush. This is important American art."
Rainbow Rainbow (2022)
Lydia Conklin
"Lydia Conklin writes with humor and tenderness about the way we love now. Rainbow Rainbow is an impressive and beautiful collection."
Cheat Day (2021)
Liv Stratman
"Liv Stratman writes with such clarity, intelligence, and zip that the Brooklyn debut novel is reborn."
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