Premium Content One Moore Voice: The Maturing Voice of Lorrie Moore's Characters in Birds of America
By Tonja Cox - January 16, 2004
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 her first book, Self-Help, and her latest, Birds of America. Whether the speaking character is a…
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