Hmmm. Hmm. I enjoyed reading this, and Moore is definitely a masterful writer. Each of these stories contains beautiful sentences, and it's worth reading them just to admire the way they're crafted.

None of these stories resonated with me the way that most of the ones from [b:Birds of America|19631|Birds of America|Lorrie Moore|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388641896s/19631.jpg|1769] did. I suspect that might have to do with the fact that Moore published Birds of America in 1999, and the stories collected in Bark represent more middle aged concerns? Perhaps I should revisit Bark in 10 years or so.