Author: Lorrie Moore

Cites

• William Shakespeare (2)
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Well run, Thisby.
    FROM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (1600), Play, UK
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Well run, Thisby.
    FROM: A Midsummer Night's Dream, (1600), Play, UK
• Henry David Thoreau (2)
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol.
    FROM: Walden, (1854), NULL, US
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol.
    FROM: Walden, (1854), Book, US
• Emily Dickinson (2)
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: How public — like a Frog— To tell one’s name — the livelong June—
    FROM: I'm Nobody! Who are you?, (1891), Poem, US
  • IN: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: How public – Like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog!
    FROM: I'm Nobody! Who are you?, (1891), Poem, US
• Charlie Smith (1)
  • IN: Birds of America (1998) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: … it is not news that we live in a world Where beauty is unexplainable And suddenly ruined And has its own routines. We are often far From home in a dark town, and our griefs Are difficult to translate into a language Understood by others.
    FROM: The Meaning of Birds, (1990), Poem, US
• Amy Clampitt (1)
  • IN: Birds of America (1998) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Is it o-ka-lee Or con-ka-ree, is it really jug jug, Is it cuckoo for that matter?— Much less whether a bird’s call Means anything in Particular, or at all.
    FROM: Syrinx, (1994), Poem, US
• Joyce Carol Oates (1)
  • IN: Birds of America (1998) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: How can I live my life without committing an act with a giant scissors?
    FROM: An Interior Monologue, (1969), Short story, US
• Roy Chapman Andrews (1)
  • IN: Anagrams (1986) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The word mammoth is derived from the Tartar word mamma meaning “the earth” … From this some mistakenly came to believe that the great beast had always lived underground, burrowing like a big mole. And they were sure it died when it came to the surface and breathed fresh air!
    FROM: All About Strange Beasts of the Past, (1956), Book, US
• L. Frank Baum (1)
  • IN: Anagrams (1986) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I don’t think there’s anything in that black bag for me.
    FROM: Garland, Judy in The Wizard of Oz, (1900), Film, US
• Robert Frost (1)
  • IN: Anagrams (1986) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I shall be telling this with a sigh …
    FROM: The Road Not Taken, (1916), Poem, US
• Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1)
  • IN: A Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: As for living, we shall have our servants do that for us
    FROM: Axel, (1890), Play, France
• Giacomo Puccini (2)
  • IN: A Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Suzuki!
    FROM: Madama Butterfly, (1904), Play, Italy
  • IN: The Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Suzuki!
    FROM: Madama Butterfly, (1904), Play, Italy
• NULL (2)
  • IN: A Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: All seats provide equal viewing of the universe.
    FROM: Museum Guide, Hayden Planetarium, (None), NULL, NULL
  • IN: The Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: All seats provide equal viewing of the universe.
    FROM: Museum Guide, Hayden Planetarium, (None), Other?, US
• Zelda Fitzgerald (1)
  • IN: Like Life (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It seemed very sad to see you going off in your new shoes alone
    FROM: Zelda Fitzgerald, in a letter to her husband, February 1932, (1932), Letter, US
• Caroline Squire (1)
  • IN: Bark (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I shall still be here... growing my bark around the wire fence like a grin.
    FROM: An Apple Tree Sprouts Philosophy in an Office Car Park, (2013), Poem, NULL
• Louise Glück (1)
  • IN: Bark (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: In the splitting up dream we were fighting over who would keep the dog, Blizzard. You tell me what that means. He was a cross between something big and fluffy and a dachshund. Does this have to be the male and female genitalia? Poor blizzard, why was he a dog? He barely touched the hummus in his dogfood dish.
    FROM: Vita Nova, (1999), Book, US
• Amy Gerstler (1)
  • IN: Bark (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Don't be gruff. Anything that falls on the floor is mine.
    FROM: Interview with a Dog, (2009), Poem, US
• Haig H. Najarian (1)
  • IN: Self-Help (1985) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The purpose of this book is to direct attention to the various ways in which non-backboned animals reproduce... Some animals reverse sex, some shoot stimulant darts at each other, and some lose an arm while mating.
    FROM: Sex Lives of Animals Without Backbones, (1976), Book, NULL
• Amy Vanderbilt (1)
  • IN: Self-Help (1985) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: If you start to shake hands with someone who has lost an arm, shake his other hand. If he has lost both arms, shake the tip of his artificial hand (be quick and unembarrassed about it).
    FROM: The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette, (1952), Book, US
• Phyllis Hobson (1)
  • IN: Self-Help (1985) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Give some bones to the dogs and bury the rest around fruit trees...
    FROM: Butchering Livestock at Home, (1980), Book, US
• De L'isle-Adam, Villiers (1)
  • IN: The Gate at the Stairs (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: As for living, we shall have our servants do that for us.
    FROM: Axël, (1890), Play, France