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    A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too"
    A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too"
    A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too"
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    A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too"

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    A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535843492
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      A Study Guide for Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly, Too" - Gale

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      You're Ugly, Too

      Lorrie Moore

      1989

      Introduction

      You're Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore was first published in the New Yorker in 1989 and was subsequently included in Moore's second collection, Like Life, and in several anthologies, including the The Best American Short Stories, 1989, the 1997 anthology, The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. You're Ugly, Too was Moore's first story to find a home in the New Yorker, the magazine considered by many to be the pre-eminent publication for new fiction. According to Don Lee, writing in Ploughshares, the story also had the distinction of causing a bit of a stir in the magazine's editorial offices. With the turgidity of long-time editor William Shaw still gripping the venerable institution, New Yorker editors pointed out to Moore several vulgarities of the writing process she had committed in the story. All through the editing process, they said, 'Oooh, we're breaking so many rules with this,' Lee quotes Moore as saying.

      Acclaimed for the cutting sarcasm and wit that Moore has come to be known for, You're Ugly, Too tells the story of Zoë Hendricks, an unmarried history professor who lives alone in the small Midwestern town of Paris, Illinois, and teaches in the local liberal arts college; the story examines her relationships with men, her students, her sister and, in general, her life. With a sparse plot, Moore's story relies on Hendricks's character and the running gags and jokes she relentlessly throws at anyone within listening distance to sustain it.

      While one of the major themes that You're Ugly, Too addresses is obviously sexual relationships (throughout much of the story, Hendricks's relationships to men are somehow addressed, either through anecdotes, her biting commentary, or in the story's final scenes at a Halloween party where

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