This week, author Lorrie Moore is on the show. Lorrie is one of the most celebrated living writers in the United States, drawing comparisons with Chekhov and Alice Munro. And she just released her novel, I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home. It's her first in 14 years, and it is hard to describe. Let's call it a magical realist love story, in which a man takes a road trip with the corpse of his dead ex-lover. Lorrie talks to Lilah about her writing process, and how she treads the line between hilarious and devastating.

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Links: 

– Lorrie Moore’s novel is called I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home

– FT review: https://on.ft.com/44puMaB 

– Lorrie’s best-known books include A Gate at the Stairs (2009), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994), and Self-Help (1989).

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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  

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