"[Marianne] Moore actually wrote a novel, called The Way We Live Now, that [Linda] Leavell describes as utterly lacking in plot and character development and for which, even at the height of her acclaim, Moore could not find a publisher. 'The reader winces in embarrassment,' writes Leavell, noting that the book’s most memorable character is, of all things, a kitten." Bruce Bawer • New Criterion

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