Artist Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore’s third novel, A Gate At The Stairs, begins on a college campus eerily similar to UW-Madison, where the New York native currently works as an English professor. There, an undergrad named Tassie lives on a street eerily similar to Breese Terrace, and works as a nanny for the adopted child of a woman who owns a restaurant eerily similar to L’Etoile. The story eventually winds its way to the Middle East, and book’s release date—days before Sept. 11—was no coincidence.
Updated 11/03/2009
