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Alice Munro

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Name: Alice Munro

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fri 5/17: Del Mar Reading Group

Discussion GroupsDel Mar Del Mar Reading Group Del Mar Great Books reading group discusses the story "Boys and Girls," by Alice Munro.Age limit: 18+ When: Friday, May 17, 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Where: 12835 El Camino Real, San Diego, 92130 Get directions ... [Published San Diego Reader - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alice Munro, San Diego (California, United States)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Andrew Kaufman: A surreal hero

Of growing up in Wingham, Ont., Alice Munro has said, “The worst thing you could do was ‘call attention to yourself.’” Some 80 years later, we tend to operate on the opposite assumption (Instagram, anyone?), which is good news for Andrew Kaufman. Although ... [Published The Grid - May 15 2013]

Entities: Andrew Kaufman, Alice Munro, Toronto

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Speaking of Aging Brits Familiar with Intrigue

In the literary world, 80 is like the new 30. Alice Munro, 81, dropped Dear Life last year, to the standard critical acclaim. 87-year-old James Salter’s latest jam, All That Is , is one of the best of his 60-year career, and Philip Roth, recently retired ... [Published SharpForMen.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Dear Life Co Ltd, James Salter, Alice Munro, John Le Carre

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

CBA Libris Awards Shortlist Revealed

Two special Lifetime Achievement Awards to be presented to Alice Munro and Jack RabinovitchTORONTO, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) and Retail Council of Canada (RCC) are delighted to announce today the 2013 CBA Libris Awards ... [Published Canada NewsWire - May 10 2013]

Entities: Alice Munro, Canada, Terry Fallis, House of Anansi Press, Jodi White

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Pick of the week: Sarah Polley’s family secrets

Sarah Polleyâs is two or maybe three dangerous kinds of movies all at the same time, and handled so brilliantly that the result is a transformative, unforgettable work of art. This documentary about Polleyâs own surprising family secrets ? which includes ... [Published Salon - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sarah Polley, Alice Munro, Michelle Williams, Adaptation

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Reading to find life

Some while back I had a discussion here of whether, in order to like a novel, you need to like its characters. I'm happy to see that my view - that you don't - agrees with the opinion forthrightly expressed by Claire Messud when asked about one of the ... [Published normblog - May 03 2013]

Entities: Claire Messud, Martin Amis, Alice Munro

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

What the F*ck is Katie Roiphe Talking About?

Claire Messud has written a novel that apparently features a character named Nora. Publisher’s Weekly posed the following question to Messud: “I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is almost unbearably grim.” Messud responded: ... [Published Crooked Timber - May 03 2013]

Entities: Claire Messud, Katie Roiphe, Alice Munro, Sexism

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Claire Messud Is Angry As Hell, Not Gonna Take It Anymore

"For heaven’s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert? Would you want to be friends with Mickey Sabbath? Saleem Sinai? Hamlet? Krapp? Oedipus? Oscar Wao? Antigone? Raskolnikov? Any of the characters in The ... [Published BlackBook - May 01 2013]

Entities: Claire Messud, Martin Amis, Alice Munro

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

An Unseemly Emotion: PW Talks with Claire Messud

Your characters struggle to figure out who they are in the face of their families and events over which they have no control. What are we to make of Nora Eldridge, the betrayed middle-aged woman of your new novel? Because she is angry, really angry.As ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Claire Messud, Martin Amis, Alice Munro, Orhan Pamuk, Anger

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

New issue is now live

Our new issue is now live. From Alice McDermott’s piece on the faith of a Catholic novelist : I suppose it’s an occupational hazard of mine—after more than thirty years in this writing business—to apply writing metaphors to any number of things, but ... [Published dotCommonweal - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Drone, Terrorists, Alice McDermott, Margaret O'Brien, Dear Life Co Ltd

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

Opinionator | Draft: Stupid Writer Tricks

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing.books and literature, writing and writersOne day a couple of years ago, when I found my desk drawer so full of microphone headsets that it would no longer close, I realized it was time for an intervention. ... [Published New York Times - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Ben Dolnick, Janet Malcolm, Dwight Garner, Anthony Trollope

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Alice Munro and Yann Martel Give Life to Forests

Thursday, March 07, 2013Press release from the issuing company To post a comment Log In or , doing so is simple and free ... [Published What They Think - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Alice Munro, Yann Martel

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Actress-director Sarah Polley gets personal in ... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 18 2013]
Fri 5/17: Del Mar Reading Group [Published San Diego Reader - May 17 2013]
Andrew Kaufman: A surreal hero [Published The Grid - May 15 2013]
Further Illuminating the 'Stories We Tell': An ... [Published Pop Matters - May 15 2013]
‘Living Together,’ a new collection of stories,... [Published C & G Newspapers - May 15 2013]
Speaking of Aging Brits Familiar with Intrigue [Published SharpForMen.com - May 14 2013]
Sarah Polley tells all on herself and her famil... [Published Newstalk 1290 CJBK - May 14 2013]
CBA Libris Awards Shortlist Revealed [Published Canada NewsWire - May 10 2013]
Pick of the week: Sarah Polley’s family secrets [Published Salon - May 10 2013]
Reading to find life [Published normblog - May 03 2013]
What the F*ck is Katie Roiphe Talking About? [Published Crooked Timber - May 03 2013]
Claire Messud Is Angry As Hell, Not Gonna Take ... [Published BlackBook - May 01 2013]
On “Likable” Characters [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - May 01 2013]
An Unseemly Emotion: PW Talks with Claire Messud [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Apr 29 2013]
New issue is now live [Published dotCommonweal - Apr 22 2013]
Granta list cause for celebration, skepticism [Published Alligator Online - Apr 18 2013]
Pulitzer Prize nominee graces campus [Published Gonzaga Bulletin - Apr 18 2013]
Opinionator \| Draft: Stupid Writer Tricks [Published New York Times - Apr 16 2013]
Stupid Writer Tricks [Published New York Times - Apr 16 2013]
How should a novel be? Don’t ask Sheila Heti [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 13 2013]
National Magazine Award: Year of the Woman (Fin... [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - Apr 01 2013]
Mother Jones Nominated For Four National Magazi... [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - Apr 01 2013]
Alice Munro and Yann Martel Give Life to Forests [Published What They Think - Mar 07 2013]
Alice Munro and Yann Martel Give Life to Forests [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 06 2013]
Slate's Guys Are So Wrong About "Girls" [Published Slate - The XX Factor - Feb 12 2013]
Lighted rooms [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Feb 01 2013]
2013 Man Booker International Prize Finalists A... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Jan 24 2013]
Following debut of the Kindle Store, Amazon lau... [Published The Next Web - Jan 23 2013]
Amazon's new Kindles now available in Canada, P... [Published Engadget - Jan 23 2013]
Library catalogs and fiction [Published Barco 2.0 : Law Library Reference - Jan 16 2013]

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Reading to find life [Published normblog - May 03 2013] Some while back I had a discussion here of whether, in order to like a novel, you need to like its characters. I'm happy to see that my view - that you don't - agrees with the opinion forthrightly expressed by Claire Messud when asked about one of the ...
What the F*ck is Katie Roiphe Talking About? [Published Crooked Timber - May 03 2013] Claire Messud has written a novel that apparently features a character named Nora. Publisher’s Weekly posed the following question to Messud: “I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is almost unbearably grim.” Messud responded: ...
On “Likable” Characters [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - May 01 2013] I only wish I could express my disdain for the idea that it’s a problem for a work of art if the characters aren’t “likable” as well as Claire Messud : I wouldn’t want to be friends with Nora, would you? Her outlook is almost unbearably grim. For ...
New issue is now live [Published dotCommonweal - Apr 22 2013] Our new issue is now live. From Alice McDermott’s piece on the faith of a Catholic novelist : I suppose it’s an occupational hazard of mine—after more than thirty years in this writing business—to apply writing metaphors to any number of things, but ...
Slate's Guys Are So Wrong About "Girls" [Published Slate - The XX Factor - Feb 12 2013] I heartily object to this week’s “ Guys on Girls ” reading of Girls, and particularly to their very literal minded complaint that this episode was “unrealistic.” That was a fantasy, guys, and fantasies are often unrealistic. You could tell because it ...

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Alice Munro and Yann Martel Give Life to Forests [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 06 2013]