Literature Essay #1 on "How to Be a Writer" (Short Story)
Literature Essay #1 on "How to Be a Writer" (short story) by Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore writes some of the easiest and most rewarding short stories I have read. It was compelling and threw me right into the story as if I were recalling life experiences. She also has done a great deal of work in the writers field that is pretty interesting. But this, so far, is my personal favorite.
Before learning more about the short story that I favor so much, I will educate you on her education and wards she has accomplished within her time as a writer. Her short story collections are Self-Help, Like Life, and the New York Times[->0] bestseller Birds of America[->1]. She has contributed to The Paris Review[->2]. Her first story appeared in The New Yorker[->3], "You're Ugly, Too," was later included in The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike[->4]. Another story, "People Like That Are the Only People Here," also published in The New Yorker, was reprinted in the 1998 edition of the annual collection The Best American Short Stories; the tale of a young child falling sick, the piece was loosely patterned on events in Moore's own life. The story was also included in the 2005 anthology Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules, edited by David Sedaris. This is only her short story that are well known.
She has also written a variety of novels such as Anagrams (1986), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994), and A Gate at the Stairs (2009). Who Will Run the Frog Hospital is the story of a woman vacationing with her husband who recalls an intense friendship from her adolescence. A Gate at the Stairs takes place just after the September 11 attack and is about a twenty-year-old Midwestern woman's coming of age. I have not read any of her novels but I am sure they are nothing short of spectacular.
Now we move on to her awards. Lorrie won the 1998 O. Henry Award for her short story "People Like That Are the Only People Here,"
Lorrie Moore writes some of the easiest and most rewarding short stories I have read. It was compelling and threw me right into the story as if I were recalling life experiences. She also has done a great deal of work in the writers field that is pretty interesting. But this, so far, is my personal favorite.
Before learning more about the short story that I favor so much, I will educate you on her education and wards she has accomplished within her time as a writer. Her short story collections are Self-Help, Like Life, and the New York Times[->0] bestseller Birds of America[->1]. She has contributed to The Paris Review[->2]. Her first story appeared in The New Yorker[->3], "You're Ugly, Too," was later included in The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike[->4]. Another story, "People Like That Are the Only People Here," also published in The New Yorker, was reprinted in the 1998 edition of the annual collection The Best American Short Stories; the tale of a young child falling sick, the piece was loosely patterned on events in Moore's own life. The story was also included in the 2005 anthology Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules, edited by David Sedaris. This is only her short story that are well known.
She has also written a variety of novels such as Anagrams (1986), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994), and A Gate at the Stairs (2009). Who Will Run the Frog Hospital is the story of a woman vacationing with her husband who recalls an intense friendship from her adolescence. A Gate at the Stairs takes place just after the September 11 attack and is about a twenty-year-old Midwestern woman's coming of age. I have not read any of her novels but I am sure they are nothing short of spectacular.
Now we move on to her awards. Lorrie won the 1998 O. Henry Award for her short story "People Like That Are the Only People Here,"