Birds of America

Blurb

Birds of America is a collection of short stories by American writer Lorrie Moore. The stories in this collection originally appeared in The New Yorker, Elle, The New York Times, and The Paris Review. The story "People Like That Are the Only People Here" won an O. Henry Award in 1998. The book became a New York Times bestseller, a rarity for a short story collection. The book was included in the New York Times Book Review books of the year list in 1998. Winner of the Irish Times international fiction prize. A Village Voice book of the year. Winner of the Salon Book Award.