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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Creepiness: Alice Munro

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Creepiness: Alice Munro

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Alice Munro is one of the greatest short story writers in the English language, ever. Daniels loved her work. Recommended it. Taught it. He wasn't alone. For her entire career, Munro was literary royalty. Now that she's dead, we learn that she, like basically all of her characters, was a really messed up human being. Specifically, when she learned that her husband was sexually assaulting Munro's young daughter, Munro took the dude's side, despite irrefutable evidence. Who would have thought that a writer famous for twisted, selfish, and unsettling characters would turn out to be a twisted, selfish, and unsettling person? Tune in for the fellas' various takes, on the article that exposed the ugly truth, and "Wild Swans," a fictional story that in hindsight seems all too realistic.


https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/wild-swans-alice-munro


https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5032827/alice-munro-daughter-abuse-stepfather

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