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Alice Munro

Alice Munro: “Vandals”

February 1, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy take a look at “Vandals,” the final story in Alice Munro’s Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 61 Comments

Alice Munro: “Spaceships Have Landed”

January 25, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Spaceships Have Landed,” from Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 17 Comments

Alice Munro: “A Wilderness Station”

January 18, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy take a look at Alice Munro’s “A Wilderness Station,” from Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 11 Comments

Alice Munro: “The Jack Randa Hotel”

January 11, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy return to Alice Munro’s work, looking at “The Jack Randa Hotel,” from her collection Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 20 Comments

Alice Munro: “Open Secrets”

October 28, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

After a bit of a break, Trevor and Betsy return to their ongoing reading of Alice Munro’s work. This week they look at the title story from Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 13 Comments

Alice Munro: “The Albanian Virgin”

June 1, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “The Albanian Virgin,” from Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 6 Comments

Alice Munro: “A Real Life”

February 9, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “A Real Life,” from Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 6 Comments

Alice Munro: “Carried Away”

January 14, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

Betsy and Trevor look at “Carried Away,” the first story in Alice Munro’s Open Secrets.

Categories Alice Munro 11 Comments

Alice Munro: Open Secrets

February 20, 2019January 4, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy will be starting Alice Munro’s Open Secrets soon. This post contains some brief introductory thoughts as well as a list of all of the stories in this collection. The list will contain links to the posts as they are published.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Tags 1990s, 1994, Short Story 2 Comments

Alice Munro: “Wigtime”

December 15, 2017 by Trevor Berrett
Alice Munro Friend of My Youth

Trevor and Betsy respond to Alice Munro’s “Wigtime,” the final story in Friend of My Youth.

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