Lorrie Moore
American short-story writer and novelist whose fiction is celebrated for its wit, wordplay, and moving explorations of modern American life. Self-Help pioneered the use of second-person narration. She is considered one of the greatest short-story writers in contemporary American literature.
Works
- Self-HelpComic stories depicting manuals, identity, and romantic disaster
- AnagramsNovel-in-stories exploring anagrams, marriage, and transformation
- Like LifeStories of friendship, longing, and navigating ordinary life
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?Teenage girls navigate camp, female friendship, and historical memory
- Birds of AmericaStories portraying American life, family, and comic human struggle
- A Gate at the StairsNovel following Tassie through family violence and self-discovery