Literary Friction - Dark Comedy with Lorrie Moore

An episode of the Literary Friction podcast, hosted by Literary Friction, titled "Literary Friction - Dark Comedy with Lorrie Moore" was published on July 20, 2023 and runs 59 minutes.

July 20, 2023 ·59m · Literary Friction

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Dark humour - do you love it or hate it? Do you find it cathartic or macho? Can humour ever be too dark, and is it a useful political tool? This month our guest is the one and only Lorrie Moore, who joined us to talk about her latest novel, I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home, a story about grief and ghosts and history that is equally funny as it is philosophical. It follows Finn, who in 2016 is visiting his dying brother in a hospice in New York. Finn's stay is interrupted by the news that his...

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