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- Ottessa Moshfegh won the Plimpton Prize for two stories, 'Disgust' and 'Bettering Myself.'
- The story 'Bettering Myself' features a sharp, unpredictable first-person narrator, a problem-drinking Catholic school math teacher.
- The narrator's deadpan humor, unique voice, and sad undertones distinguish Moshfegh's writing.
- The story describes the narrator's struggles with alcoholism, her relationships, and her disengagement from teaching.