tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post3052840734903628182..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Congratulations, Alice Munro!materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-80715943102138956372013-10-14T09:29:53.614-07:002013-10-14T09:29:53.614-07:00I was very happy to hear that she won. It makes me...I was very happy to hear that she won. It makes me want to re-read her stories. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-71803925227807380402013-10-12T17:00:19.656-07:002013-10-12T17:00:19.656-07:00Strikes me as a line that might well belong to Moo...Strikes me as a line that might well belong to Moons of Jupiter....materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-16908408938512732842013-10-11T21:19:11.579-07:002013-10-11T21:19:11.579-07:00One line of Munro's, which I cannot quote exac...One line of Munro's, which I cannot quote exactly, and may have mentioned elsewhere, move me to tears every time--it's something about children trusting their parents' actions. If I am impatient, I think of that and melt. My ugrad mentor is BFFs with Ms. Munro; have never met her, but so admire her stories. Miss Cavendishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461488799928956875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-34251349785657696562013-10-11T07:33:07.241-07:002013-10-11T07:33:07.241-07:00With you and Duchesse, above, I'd not be able ...With you and Duchesse, above, I'd not be able to point to any one story, but I think of that oddly shimmering sense of epiphany one gets from her work.. . .I do just want to hole up and reread now. . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51083543934005777862013-10-11T07:31:42.291-07:002013-10-11T07:31:42.291-07:00Oooh, there are some scrumptious photos there -- t...Oooh, there are some scrumptious photos there -- thank you! the colours of those leathers, so rich, saturated. . . thanks for sharing the link.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-59644904318657035222013-10-11T07:31:02.810-07:002013-10-11T07:31:02.810-07:00I'd find it impossible as well to pick a favou...I'd find it impossible as well to pick a favourite. As for the travel, I'm crossing my fingers for her as well -- she was born the same year as my mother. . . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-80162874006332002672013-10-11T06:58:49.125-07:002013-10-11T06:58:49.125-07:00There was deep joy in this small corner of England...There was deep joy in this small corner of England at the news of Alice Munro's Nobel Prize. Am a huge admirer of her work and I would, I am sure, regret it immediately if I singled out a particular story as a favourite. 60GoingOn16https://www.blogger.com/profile/14216400213406672396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-17900213495842848492013-10-11T06:30:53.608-07:002013-10-11T06:30:53.608-07:00Mater, just popping in to send you a link to a blo...Mater, just popping in to send you a link to a blog I read. Louise, the blogger, was also at the Festival des Metiers and got a photo of the 'bag lady' - although you can't see the piercings and tatoos! <br /><br />http://www.ingredientsofstyle.com/2013/10/hermes-festival-des-metiers.htmlPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504513116873595049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-36776432495559139012013-10-11T05:22:44.439-07:002013-10-11T05:22:44.439-07:00A lifelong reader; impossible to pick a favourite ...A lifelong reader; impossible to pick a favourite story. She did not make it to the Toronto PEN event last summer; her agent cited health reasons. I hope she can make the trip to Oslo. Like you, I am thrilled about her Nobel.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-48567666560752564552013-10-10T20:38:12.965-07:002013-10-10T20:38:12.965-07:00We do have a wealth of writers -- and many, many o...We do have a wealth of writers -- and many, many of these are women. Lovely to see them getting the recognition they deserve. Munro has long been lauded internationally, it seems to me, but this is a clear reminder to Canadians of her value. materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-83833742386387819172013-10-10T20:36:24.158-07:002013-10-10T20:36:24.158-07:00You are fortunate to have met here. One of my coll...You are fortunate to have met here. One of my colleagues shared a story of meeting her years ago, in Victoria, at an event also attended by Timothy Findley. materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-83158471658269714382013-10-10T20:35:28.073-07:002013-10-10T20:35:28.073-07:00And can you believe that was first published in &#...And can you believe that was first published in '94? materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-87168655868201733192013-10-10T18:36:22.908-07:002013-10-10T18:36:22.908-07:00my favourite story is The Albanian Virgin
my favourite story is The Albanian Virgin<br />Alison Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09768315542282472901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51398104608922427722013-10-10T13:04:58.062-07:002013-10-10T13:04:58.062-07:00Lives of Girls and Women was my first Alice Munro ...Lives of Girls and Women was my first Alice Munro book as well. What an honour for a "nonpolitical" Canadian author to win a Nobel Prize for Literature! Margaret Laurence, Audrey Thomas, Jane Rule Gabrielle Roy, Margaret Atwood, Carol Shields,<br />Marie-Claire Blais, Anne Hébert and so many more...For a country our size, we have produced so many great women fiction writers! To have world recognition is encouraging to all those who aspire to write.Madame Là-bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703782237948233124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-90061399364903290972013-10-10T10:30:32.339-07:002013-10-10T10:30:32.339-07:00Yes she has a wonderful gift and a voice that reso...Yes she has a wonderful gift and a voice that resonates with me.<br />I am fortunate to have met her socially and can say that she is a very unassuming and humble writer. I was thrilled when I heard that she won!<br />Chortle loudly to your students mater!...perhaps they will be inspired to read some of her works.hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com