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“I just love the irreverent stories of Lorrie Moore, who brings an acerbic wit and lightness of touch to even the darkest subject matter. In my opinion, her greatest gift lies in her sharp characterisation, in which she captures in a few deft sentences an entire personhood of a type you might meet in the street—flawed and wrongheaded and yet lovable for all their quirks. Those skills are displayed beautifully in her very funny short story ‘You’re Ugly, Too,’ whose protagonist Zoë Hendricks, a history professor at a liberal arts college in Illinois, who—single and directionless, and full of disdain for her Midwestern students and colleagues—struggles to find purpose and meaning.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
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