Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. January 13, 1957
Birthday: January 13
Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.
source: Lorrie Moore (2010). “The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore”, p.371, Faber & Faber
topic: Cat, Athletic, Midwest, Machismo