May Meeting: Lorrie Moore - Birds of America

Recommended Stories:

• Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People
• Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens
• People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk

For May, we're finally reading Lorrie Moore, an iconic short story author! Some in the club have been advocating for Moore since its inception, and we were thrilled when she won the poll for the May collection. I'm looking forward to checking this one out. See you there! - Ben

For First-Timers: We recommend reading at least one story in the collection, but feel free to read as little or as much as you'd like! Discussion is open, informal, and covers the whole collection, but we try to focus on the recommended stories listed above.

About the collection:
Lorrie Moore's Birds of America remains a significant and highly regarded collection in contemporary American literature, published to widespread acclaim in 1998. It is celebrated for its masterful blend of sharp wit and deep pathos, its linguistic brilliance, and its insightful, often poignant explorations of love, loss, grief, and alienation in modern American life. Moore's distinctive voice and her ability to capture the complexities of human vulnerability continue to resonate with readers.