SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE

FOLLOWING THE 2014 PUBLICATION OF HER BESTSELLING STORY COLLECTION BARK, acclaimed author Lorrie Moore returns with this lively and astute collection of more than fifty prose pieces, including essays, criticism, and cultural commentary.

For those who haven't yet read Moore's superb criticism in such publications as The New York Times and New York Review of Books, this collection gives readers the opportunity to expand their appreciation of the author's stellar talents into the realm of nonfiction.

“A marvelous collection certainly a boon to any lover of smart cultural criticism.” – Publisher's Weekly

“Deft, graceful essays from a sharply incisive writer.” – Kirkus

"Moore's writing contains multitudes There really is no one quite like her.” —The New Republic

LORRIE MOORE is the author of BARK (a Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize Finalist), A GATE AT THE STAIRS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and for the PEN/Faulkner Award), BIRDS OF AMERICA, WHO WILL RUN THE FROG HOSPITAL, LIFE LIFE, ANAGRAMS, and SELF-HELP. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and a board member for the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Moore's honors include the Irish Times International Prize for Literature and a Lannan Foundation fellowship, as well as the PEN/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her
achievement in the short story.

International Sales to Date: UK: Faber; Italy: La Nave di Teseo.