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Lorrie Moore
I’ve never been all that into Moore’s novels (it was actually painful for me to get through A Gate at the Stairs) but I love Moore’s short stories, especially those in her collection Birds of America. I mean, “People Like That Are the Only People Here” is on just about every creative writing syllabus in this country for a reason. It’s an amazing look into the desperation parents—really all of us—feel when we confront death and the infinite and then get lucky enough to forget about it again, for now. Moore is a master.