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 collection of stories was published ...
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro. Open Culture, openculture.com
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...
Just how old are they, these women in Alice Munro’s stories, these women in “Hard-Luck Stories” in particular. “Over the past couple of years I have experienced moments of disbelief when I meet my friends in public. They look older than I think they should.” ...
She seemed offended by everything that went on and had the air of keeping plenty of bitter judgments to herself. “The Turkey Season” (Don’t you just know exactly what that looks like in a person?) Across various stories, Alice Munro broaches what is lately called “aesthetic labour” ...
Alongside “Thanks For The Ride“, the far more recent “Axis” and various other stories by Alice Munro, “Postcard” encapsulates the no-win situation in which young women found themselves during a time of great social change, which had a sexual revolution at its heart. ...
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A Canadian writer, Munro has been publishing stories for almost 30 years; they have earned her massive acclaim. This new collection offers both a fine testament to the stories that have made Munro’s reputation and a delightful opportunity for the reader to journey at length in Munro’s fictio...
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?