The New Yorker: “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro

October 21, 2013: “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro Alice Munro, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, was awarded the…

Nobel Prize Goes to Alice Munro

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to “a master of the contemporary short story,” Alice Munro. That’s pretty exciting news, mainly because short…

The New Yorker: “Amundsen” by Alice Munro

August 27, 2012: “Amundsen” by Alice Munro This isn’t going to be one of my favorite Munro stories. It’s about Vivien Hyde, a young…