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A Brand New York Times Book of the Entire Year A National Book Critics Circle Prize FinalistWinner of the Salon Book AwardA Town Voice Book of the YearBirds of America may be the famous assortment of twelve tales from Lorrie Moore, among the best writers at the office today. “Fluid, damaged, mordant, colloquial…. Vulnerability.” —The Ny Times Book Review “A marvelous collection… and remain[s] alone as you of our funniest, most informing anatomies of individual love. Her tales are lean, difficult, humorous, and metaphysical…. Birds of America has about any of it a wild elegance that merely makes one feel more attached to life.” —The Ma Globe “At once humorous, sad, musical and prickly, Birds of America attests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her beguiling and smart work.” —The Ny Times “Stunning….