Lorrie Moore’s new novel features an undead road trip: ‘I knew it was weird’

The masterful short story writer returns with just her fourth novel in 40 years.

Since her 1985 collection, “Self-Help,” Lorrie Moore has been acclaimed as among America’s greatest short story writers, but with “I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home,” Moore returns to the novel for just the fourth time in the last 40 years.

“The book is about grief — about the country at large and for Finn — and it’s also about denial. And how you balance denial while also questioning the official narrative,” Moore said in a recent video interview. The title refers to people who are not home in the world or life or society or in this country. I thought of it as a sort of blues song title.

Q. The storyline is bleak, but the writing is really funny. Lily says, “Jokes are flotation devices on the great sea of sorrowful life. They are the exit signs in a very dark room.” Do you consciously write funny to offset the sad or is that just the way real life is?

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