Congratulations, Alice Munro!

Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize
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Munro is a very deserving author indeed, who has not only given great insight and pleasure to her readers, but has been a model and inspiration for so many authors, perhaps especially those of shorter-form fiction. Like Borges, she has shown that rich fictional worlds can be created in the span of a few pages. (Although she is unlike Borges in nearly every other way – ehh, who cares, I love them both.)

We may need to move her up in the Tournament of Champions list. Any suggestions for one of her longer stories? Let me know!



6 responses to “Congratulations, Alice Munro!”

  1. I love “Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You” It’s probably my favorite of her (not-so-short) short stories.

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  2. Thanks Alison! Great idea. Now I just need to figure out the right pairing. Hmmm…

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  3. […] was still feeling the afterglow of the Alice Munro announcement, so I headed over to Munro’s Paris Review interview. One of the things I was struck by was […]

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  4. Congratulations, Allison! Good luck with your novella!

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  5. […] my Alice Munro Nobel afterglow (evidenced here and here), I considered adding a Munro novella (or long story) to the queue. Brilliant Reader […]

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