Birds of America (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Marie Lorena Moore
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Chicago, New York, Wisconsin, Italy, and Ireland
- Principal Characters: Ruth, “Mother, Sidra, Abby, Olena, Aileen, Quilty, Adrienne, Bill
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Marriage, Cancer, Divorce, Bereavement or grief, Suburban life, Real estate
- Locales: New York, Chicago, IL, Italy, Ireland, Wisconsin
With the critical and commercial success of Birds of America (1998), Lorrie Moore has established herself as one of the foremost writers of the 1990’s. A professor of English at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an occasional reviewer of fiction, Moore published her first collection of short stories, Self-Help, in 1983. Since then, she has produced another collection, Like Life (1988), and two novels, Anagrams (1986) and Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994). While her earlier stories were known for their sardonic send ups of self-help...
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