Birds of America Lorrie Moore

‘Trauma’ is a loaded word, as there is such a range of events which can cause a trauma, and also such a range of possible reactions to the trauma. Naomi Morgenstern wrote that “[t]rauma…is a theoretical figure for the insistence of history (its...

From the satirical, biting wit of a "been there, done that," college co-ed to the death-defeating witticisms of a middle-aged mother, the monologic voice in Lorrie Moore's fiction hasn't changed as much as it has matured in the years separating...

Tennessee Williams’s paradoxical nature as an individual can be seen at many different points throughout his life. Described as “enigmatic” by both his contemporaries and biographers, the prolific playwright seems to have translated this quality...