So, I was in line at the grocery store and two women were talking about Alice Munro. Two older women. Two women who probably don't read all that much. One of them called her "our Alice Munro". This win is a very big deal here in my western prairie city.
From
the Toronto Star:
Quote:
Alice Munro: She’s ours and she’s great
By: Heather Mallick
...Here is what Munro does. She studies her fellow humans with an almost indescribable intensity. Brain science is so exciting and excitable now—look, that bit lights up when you have your morning coffee!—but Munro has been doing this in prose for a lifetime.
All people are deeply strange. They have secrets and when you peel them, those secrets come out. I am convinced of this but will never make my case. I don’t need to because Munro has done it already...
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