Bark

Lorrie Moore’s collection of short stories is a series of tales that explore the messiness of relationships and melancholy of adult life. My favorite stories in this collection are “Wings” and “Thank You for Having Me.”

I don't normally like short stories, but this book was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it.

Hmmm. Hmm. I enjoyed reading this, and Moore is definitely a masterful writer. Each of these stories contains beautiful sentences, and it's worth reading them just to admire the way they're crafted. None of these stories resonated with me the way that most of the ones from [b:Birds of America 19631 Birds of America Lorrie Moore https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388641896s/19631.jpg 1769] did. I suspect that might have to do with the fact that Moore published Birds of America in 1999, and the stories collected in Bark represent more middle aged concerns? Perhaps I should revisit Bark in 10 years or so.