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A Gate at the Stairs

Lorrie Moore
In conversation with Michael Silverblatt, host, KCRW's "Bookworm"
Thursday, September 10, 2009
01:13:29
ALOUD
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Episode Summary

In her long-awaited new novel, set after the events of September 2001, Moore brings us up against the heart of racism, the shock of war, and the carelessness perpetrated against others in the name of love.

Participant(s) Bio
Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Birds of America, Like Life, and Self-Help, as well as the novels Who Will Run the the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams. She has been the recipient of the Irish Times Prize for International Literature, the PEN/Malamud Award, the O.Henry Award, and a Lannan Foundation Literary fellowship. She is currently a professor at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison.

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Credits

ALOUD audio is presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and made possible through support provided by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Righteous Persons Foundation, City National Bank, K&L Gates, KPMG, Sue and David Rosenblum, Wallis Foundation, Donna and Martin J. Wolff and The Boudjakdji Foundation. Additional support provided by The Council of the Library Foundation, Library Foundation members, and the Los Angeles Public Library. Media support provided by KPPC 83.9 FM and KUSC 91.5 FM. ALOUD theme composed by Larry Karush.
 

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