munro
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1. munro - Noun
2. Munro - Proper noun
Meaning
British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
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I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.
Nothing is sacred to you, Mr. Munro. You base your beliefs on the products of human thought, so it could hardly be otherwise. You might believe in certain things, but you do not have faith. That comes with submission to the force of divine revelation.
I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.
My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story.
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I'll learn something from them.