Anna B. Moore has been publishing creative nonfiction, essays, and short fiction in a variety of literary journals and magazines, including The Missouri Review, The Offing, and Identity Theory. Two of her essays were nominated for Sundress Publications’ Best of the Net in 2022; another was a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2022. Her first novel, DON'T PITY THE DESPERATE, released in 2024 with Unsolicited Press. She lives in Northern California, where she is working on her second novel. Read more of her work at www.annabmoore.com.

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INSIGHT

That Our Stars Had Become Unmanageable

By ANNA B. MOORE

“His fate was predetermined, you see. The stars had already decided.”

Q&A

Q&A with Anna B. Moore, author of Don’t Pity the Desperate

By MARIE LOOK

[Myra] does not choose this purpose to start out with—it’s a path made by the omnipresent superficiality of popular culture, Twelve-Step language and rituals, and the lack of adult mentorship in her life.