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Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories | Alice Munro

One of my literary lodestars. 😔💔 Maybe more than any other writer, she's helped me make sense of myself and the world.

SamAnne I‘m planning a reread of my favorite Munro collections. 3d

BarbaraBB Well said Margot ❤️‍🩹 3d

sarahbarnes Beautiful. ♥️ I haven‘t read her in a long time. 2d

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Cathythoughts Beautiful words ❤️ I have a short story collection, I‘ve read a few and loved them. 2d

merelybookish @SamAnne Was also thinking of doing some rereading! What are your faves? 2d

merelybookish @BarbaraBB Thank you! 💕 2d

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Thank you! Fortunately she has a pretty extensive collection so lots to dip into! 2d

merelybookish @Cathythoughts Thanks Cathy! I believe she'd be right up your alley! 2d

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Leftcoastzen

Selected Poems II: 1976 - 1986 | Margaret Atwood

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#ReadingChallenge #poetry #readingwithmaja Well, this was my April poetry pick , so life getting in the way of reading persists. Atwood‘s poetry is very good , her topics then same as now. Nature, living ,aging,family, just universal. Novels or poetry, Atwood is always worth reading. Always thought provoking.Margaret is 84 years old now ,and still adding to the conversations of life & literature.

Aimeesue She‘s the best.🧡 3d

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kspenmoll

Dear Life: Stories | Alice Munro

Just heard about this-2 days late. I have not read all her books, but those that I have I‘ve thoroughly enjoyed. I love the book written by her daughter about their relationship.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251314790/alice-munro-dead

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Leftcoastzen

Selected Stories | Alice Munro

RIP Alice Munro https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/14/alice-munro-obituary
Sophie looks on..

vivastory Oh, that's so sad. I've read only one of her books but I loved it. 4d

Leftcoastzen @vivastory I read a collection of hers cover to cover but haven‘t read this one except one or two stories. Hope you are doing well! 4d

vivastory @Leftcoastzen You too! How's your mom? 4d

Leftcoastzen @vivastory I‘m doing ok, mom not so good , many medical issues that can‘t be fixed . 3d

vivastory I'm really sorry to hear that. It's so difficult to see loved ones go through medical problems 💔 3d

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plemmdog

Runaway | Alice Munro

“Her children say they hope she has not taken to Living in the Past. But what she believes she is doing, what she wants to do if she can get the time to do it, is not so much live in the past as to open it up and get one good look at it.” —“Powers” (2004)

—Alice Munro (1931-2024)

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CuriousG

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage | Alice Munro

Yesterday marked the passing of a true master of the short story, and winner of the Nobel. Alice Munro was 92. Her birthplace & later the home she lived in with her second husband are both very close to me in Huron County, Ontario. I can honestly say I did not appreciate her work as a teenager however I grew to love it in my 30s. Actually, I adore it. The tagged is my favourite of her collections, although all of them are good. #alicemunro

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TheKidUpstairs

Lives of Girls and Women | Alice Munro

The literary world lost a giant yesterday. Thank you, Alice, for enriching the lives of all your readers.

CBC has been republishing some great articles about Munro's life and work today.

92 things to know about Alice Munro:
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4088507

11 books Alice Munro loves and you will too:
https://www.cbc.ca/books/11-books-alice-munro-loves-and-you-will-too-1.4088869

CuriousG I just dug out my giant stack of her collections from my shelves. Now to decide what one to read again. Her style is so beautiful and almost understated. 4d

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RowReads1

Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories | Alice Munro

Alice Munro, Nobel winner and titan of the short story, dies aged 92 https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/14/alice-munro-nobel-winner-a...

Cathythoughts ❤️ 4d

AnneCecilie ❤️ 4d

BarbaraBB 🩷 4d

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TheBookHippie

The Love of a Good Woman | Alice Munro

@Billypar such sad news. What a gift to have a long life. Thank you so much for introducing her to me! I‘ve read out all the books the library had of hers. ♥️

IndoorDame She left this world such a gift ♥️ 4d

SamAnne RIP. Time to reread some of her stories. 4d

LeahBergen 😢 4d

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Billypar She will certainly be missed - for someone with her profile, a career of almost exclusively story collections is pretty much unheard of. I've only read two so far, but I look forward to digging into more. 4d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I‘ve not read her only novel. Tempting to put it in our 2025 lineup 👀🤣👀 4d

TheBookHippie @Billypar I agree. I‘m wanting to read more yet. 4d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie I haven‘t read it either, but I‘ve also heard that one described as linked short stories which is one of my favorite niche genres, so I won‘t be complaining if I see it in the 2025 lineup 😆😁 4d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 😝🤣♥️ 4d

TheKidUpstairs When my oldest was first born, all the baby advice books and sites said to talk to newborns all throughout the day. I felt kind of silly doing that and never knew what to say. So instead I just read aloud whatever book I happened to be reading. As a result, one of the first books he ever heard was Lives of Girls and Women.

Lives of Girls and Women

Gissy ☹️ 4d

willaful @TheKidUpstairs I never had a problem with that. In fact, I loved having a baby because I no longer worried about being caught talking to myself. 😂 4d

kspenmoll I was so sad to hear this - I have fond memories of reading & sharing her books with my sisters. 3d

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GingerAntics

The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood

This is the story of my life today. And at the moment, I am out of any to give.
#margaretatwood #thetestaments #thehandmaidstale #zerofuckstogive #worksucks #hostileworkenvironment #toxicworkenvironment

TrishB Having one of those weeks too 😢 sorry for you! 4d

GingerAntics @TrishB actually, this is tying wonderfully with therapy. lol Today was definitely one of those days, though. 4d

vlwelser Why is this quote not on all of the things? Swearing is ok if it's Atwood, right? 4d

GingerAntics @vlwelser I 100% agree with that. I just wasn‘t sure Litsy would agree with that. 2d

vlwelser Atwood is one of my favorite people. She for sure gives zero fucks. 2d

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