Liz Moore is from Framingham, Massachusetts, attended Barnard College, received her MFA from Hunter College in 2009 (where we met), and now lives in Philadelphia where she is a professor at Holy Family University. Her first novel The Words of Every Song was published by Broadway in 2009. Heft was recently released by W.W. Norton and has been acclaimed by O Magazine, People, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and The New Yorker.
An afternoon of tea and cookies with Ms. Moore is a gift, not only because she is the best kind of friend, and sitting across from her is a joy that comes along far too infrequently, but because she’s the sort of writer who experiences no struggle in talking about writing. Her opinions are as prudent and well-maintained as an English garden. Liz is sensible, which seems to be an underrated virtue in writers, but is precisely what makes listening to her talk so affecting. Recently, I saw her in conversation with Mary Gordon and was struck once again by the notion that she’s the least flippant writer I’ve ever met. She was a favorite in workshop: steady, articulate, kind. This groundedness is equally evident in her writing, which seems in moments to hark from a different time—not in terms of content, but style. There’s a certain stateliness to her work, or grace perhaps, a restraint that feels somehow anachronistic, a far cry from the frantic bustle of blogs and Twitter. But do follow her on Twitter @LizMooreBooks nonetheless. She’s a joy there, as well. —Jessica Soffer Continue reading "Liz Moore"…