Alice Munro

[malignd at aol.com]

She's really not a New Yorker writer, although her stories do appear there.



I had had her pressed on me from time to time and, when I I would inquire about her work, was told she was a Canadian woman who wrote short stories, mostly about Canadian women.  And -- oh; great -- that would be that.  




Then my wife was reading what was at the time her most recent book -- Runaway -- and she started pressing her on me, so I complied, read the book, then went straight through another seven or eight collections, each as good as the next.  She's masterly, a really great talent, and that, combined with Woman and Canadian, makes me think she's been high on the Swedes' short list the last few years.


And my experience leads me to push her on people who I think might otherwise ignore her.


-----Original Message-----
From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: malignd at aol.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:27 am
Subject: Re: Alice Munro








i don't denigrate
i'm just not enthralled by that new yorker type fare

On 5/28/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Never read her, so I wouldn't know.
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> snooze
>



 




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