“A Wilderness Station” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T21:00:42-04:00

What a complicated tale. Though perhaps less so than "Open Secrets" and "The Albanian Virgin", for readers have a much broader sense of understanding what "really happened". The possibility of honest understanding, in this case, settles in the last letter that Annie wrote to Sadie. [NOTE: There are some spoilers

“A Wilderness Station” Alice Munro2014-03-20T21:00:42-04:00

“The Jack Randa Hotel” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T21:00:36-04:00

Even if you don't subscribe to the digital version of the New Yorker, you can peek at the first two pages of "The Jack Randa Hotel" as it originally appeared in 1993's July 19th glossy pages. 1994; Penguin Modern Classics, 2007 There, readers first met Gail, who "usually

“The Jack Randa Hotel” Alice Munro2014-03-20T21:00:36-04:00

“A Real Life” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

Last week, I said that "Carried Away" feels like a quintessential Munro story to me. 1994; Penguin, 2007 Its southwestern Ontario setting. The matters of class. An up-close examination of a blatant tragedy. Some far-away ruminating on trauma of a quieter sort. A woman looking back on a

“A Real Life” Alice Munro2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

“Carried Away” Alice Munro

2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Could be that "Carried Away" is my favourite Alice Munro story. 1994; Penguin, 1999 Not only because Louisa is a librarian. (But that certainly helps.) "The Librarian’s desk was in the archway between the front and back rooms. The books were on shelves set in rows in the

“Carried Away” Alice Munro2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Tamara Levine’s But Hope is Longer (2012)

2014-03-20T19:54:32-04:00

When Tamara Levine was diagnosed with breast cancer, she began sending e-mail letters to about fifty family members, friends and colleagues, to keep everybody in the loop. Second Story Press, 2012 Almost immediately, these letters took on a great significance in her Healing Journey, offering a kind of

Tamara Levine’s But Hope is Longer (2012)2014-03-20T19:54:32-04:00
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