A remarkable collection of essays and reviews on everything from
Philip Roth to Margaret Atwood, from race in America to the shocking
state of the GOP--from the national bestselling author of Birds of
America and a master of contemporary American fiction.****
"The kind of book, and the kind of human, you'd want to guide you
through the past few decades in letters and culture.... Moore is one of
our best documentarians of everyday amazement." --*The New Yorker
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This essential, enlightening, truly delightful collection shows one of
our greatest writers parsing the political, artistic, and media
landscape of the past three decades. These sixty-six essays and reviews,
culled from the pages of The New York Review of Books, The New York
Times, Harper's, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, among others, find
Lorrie Moore turning her discerning eye on everything from celebrity
culture to the wilds of television, from Stephen Sondheim to Barack
Obama. See What Can Be Done is a perfect blend of craft, brains, and a
knowing, singular take on life, liberty, and the pursuit of (some kind
of) happiness.