Lorrie Moore
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born
January 13, 1957
gender
female
place of birth
Glens Falls, NY, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Lorrie Moore was born in Glens Falls, New York in 1957. She attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where she tutored on an Indian reservation, and was editor of the university literary magazine and, at age 19, won Seventeen Magazine’s Fiction Contest. After graduating summa cum laude, she worked in New York for two years before going on to received a Masters in Fine Arts from Cornell University.
Over the course of the last two decades Lorrie Moore has earned a place among the finest writers in this country by exploring the lives of modern women and men, many of them in the Midwest, as they confront the often absurd indignities of ordinary life, most particularly the quest for love and companionship. Her short st...more
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Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.16 — 2,474 ratings — published 1998 6 editions |
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Self-Help: Stories by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.22 — 1,276 ratings — published 1985 8 editions |
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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore avg rating 3.81 — 1,251 ratings — published 1994 14 editions |
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Like Life by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.14 — 953 ratings — published 1990 6 editions |
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Anagrams by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.03 — 741 ratings — published 1986 10 editions |
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A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore avg rating 3.60 — 664 ratings — published 2009 6 editions |
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The Best American Short Stories 2004 (The Best American Series (TM)) by Lorrie Moore, Katrina Kenison avg rating 3.80 — 282 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood by Contemporary Writers by Lorrie Moore avg rating 3.80 — 51 ratings — published 1992 2 editions |
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The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.67 — 18 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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People Like That Are the Only People Here / اینجا همهی آدمها اینجوریاند by Lorrie Moore avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1379 |
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"This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic."
— Lorrie Moore (Like Life)
— Lorrie Moore (Like Life)
"I count too heavily on birthdays, though I know I shouldn't. Inevitably I begin to assess my life by them, figure out how I'm doing by how many people remember; it's like the old fantasy of attending your own funeral: You get to see who your friends are, get to see who shows up. "
— Lorrie Moore (Anagrams)
— Lorrie Moore (Anagrams)
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""The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney."
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"We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney," explains Simone.
"And once we tried to smoke them out. We lit a fire, knowing they were there, but we hoped the smoke would cause them to scurry out the top and never come back. Instead, they caught on fire and came crashing down into our living room, all charred and in flames and running madly around until they dropped dead." Simone swallows some wine. "Love affairs are like that," she says. "They are all like that.""
— Lorrie Moore
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"We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney," explains Simone.
"And once we tried to smoke them out. We lit a fire, knowing they were there, but we hoped the smoke would cause them to scurry out the top and never come back. Instead, they caught on fire and came crashing down into our living room, all charred and in flames and running madly around until they dropped dead." Simone swallows some wine. "Love affairs are like that," she says. "They are all like that.""
— Lorrie Moore
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