Alice Munro
As you’re no doubt aware, Alice Munro has received the Nobel Prize for Literature. We...
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Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro
I like the emotional reticence with which ‘Leaving Maverly’ in Alice’s Munro’s collection, Dear Life begins.
I like it because it’s so unpromising.…
Amundsen by Alice Munro
Amundsen was an Arctic explorer. A gulf is named after him in Canada’s Northwest. It’s also the name of the second story in Alice Munro’s “Dear Life” collection, available from Knopf.…
To Reach Japan by Alice Munro
You reach “character” in fiction by showing how it configures the world around it. It’s as if the events in the world were the envelope but the letter inside is the person.…
When We Fell In Love – Alix Ohlin
Alix Ohlin has two books coming out, one after the other. She was kind enough to give us this great piece of writing.…
