Lorrie Moore

Read 2 wonderful shorts from 'My Mistresses Sparrow is Dead' last night. One short was by Lorrie Moore. I loved it. Smart and cliched in a good way.

"We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying."

"Hello, I am Charlene. I'm a mistress."
"It is like having a book out from the library.
It is like constantly having a book out from the library."

"When you were six you thought mistress meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. Now you are older and know it can mean many things, but essentially it means to put your shoes on the wrong feet. "


 Lorrie Moore