Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Lorrie Moore, Distinguished Prose Writer in Residence
Join us in welcoming writer Lorrie Moore for a reading and Q+A as part of the Zell Visiting Writers Series, presented by the Helen Zell Writer’s Program in partnership with UMMA, with support from the Department of English Language & Literature.
Moore’s most recent novel is I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA’s Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come, first served basis; please arrive early to secure a spot.For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email kimjulie@umich.edu — we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you.
More About Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore is a writer, critic, and essayist best known for her short stories. Her recent novel, I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Other honors include the O. Henry Award for her short story “People Like That Are the Only People Here”, the Rea Award for the Short Story, for outstanding achievement in that genre, and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters among others. Moore’s other published work includes a children’s book, The Forgotten Helper, and a collection of essays, See What Can Be Don
SUPPORT
The Zell Visiting Writers Series is a reading series presented by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, with support from the Department of English Language & Literature, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and Janey Lack.