Reading Alice Munro

Kathryn Schulz of Vulture lists her top 10 books of the year. Number one - "Dear Life". I have many beautiful things to say abou...

(I only have this story in Swedish, so I can't quote from it in an English-speaking blog. I hate making translations of translations. My...

This weekend, I watched "Away from Her", a movie based on Alice Munro's "The Bear Came over the Mountain". It's ...

One thing I love about Munro is how she sucks me into the little moments in life. She makes me feel like I'm in them. Maybe it's bec...

It's odd if you compare the nurse Audrey Atkinson in "Friend of My Youth" to Enid in "The Love of a Good Woman". Bot...

I've only seen two instances of the name Alice in Munro's stories. Alice Peel in "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink...

Why does this story about a guy who killed his parents and sister upset me more than "Dimensions", a story about a father killing ...