First short-story collections Munro had begun writing stories as a teenager, and she persevered in her attempt to establish herself as a writer despite years of rejection from publishers and the limitations imposed on her career by the responsibilities of marriage and motherhood. Her first collecti...
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro. Today, with the sad news that Alice Munro has passed away, at the age of 92, we’re bringing...
“Postcard” is a short story by Canadian author Alice Munro, first published inDance of the Happy Shades, Munro’s first short story collection (1968). This one’s about a player, and his unwitting bit-on-the-side who thinks he’ll eventually marry her. Alongside “Thanks For The Ride...
Alice Munro Short Stories, Cont’d “Free Radicals” Nita’s husband, Rich, just died at eighty-one. She’s sixty-two. People checked in on her at first. She doesn’t want any interference; she hasn’t even told everyone about the death. Rich died outside the hardware store. Nita di...
Alice Munro draws our attention to the conflation of house and woman. Can you think of stories from any genre which turn a woman into a house (either literally or metaphorically)? In these examples, where does sympathy lie? With the woman-as-house, or with another character?
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'Red Dress' by Alice Munro is a short story about a girl attending a dance in the red dress her mother sewed. Explore a summary of the plot's events, and analyze the themes and characters in the story. The Dress If you remember feeling awkward during puberty, but also nervous and ...
The narrative voice is intriguing when choosing a literacy technique when applied to Alice Munro 's “Boys and Girls” and Jamaica Kincaid 's “Girl” because it highlights the significance of women 's role during the 1960 's. The story of Boys and Girls is in third person narration descri...
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