Remembering Alice Munro

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Remembering Alice Munro

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May 14, 2024

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Alice Munro, a Canadian author who was revered worldwide as master of the short story and who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 92. Tom goes into the CBC archives to bring you Peter Gzowki’s 1996 interview with the late author.

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September 23, 2019 The Autumn Equinox, Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Plants by Lewis and Clark, Stuart Robertson, Ruth Patrick, Poems about September, Plant Parenting by Leslie Halleck, Moving Plants, and the 1937 Rose Garden in Hershey, Pennsylva: Today is the first day of Autumn also referred to as the Autumn Equinox. Equinox means ‘equal night’. On this day, both day and night are nearly the same length. Thereafter, the dark part of the year begins. ... by The Daily Gardener
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Read By: David Mitchell: David Mitchell on his selection: I hope you’re well, whoever you are, wherever you are. If my readings were songs on a playlist, I’d call it "A Winter, Some Ghosts and The Summer." I hope you enjoy it, and I hope to revisit New York soon. 1) John... by 92Y's Read By
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S01E34 The Sandwalker by Fergus Hume by Classic Ghost Stories
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Sir Michael Howard: 2015 Founder's Literature Award Recipient: Honored at the 2015 Liberty Gala with an inaugural Founder's Literature Award, acclaimed British historian Sir Michael Howard shares a discussion of his life's work with award-winning journalist, author, and 2012 Pritzker Literature Award recipient Sir Max... by Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts
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Episode 26: A Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Timperley by Classic Ghost Stories
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WRITER 055: Meet Jane Richards, author of 'The Painted Sky' by So You Want to be a Writer
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Thomas Keneally: Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Thomas Keneally by Desert Island Discs
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Ann Leslie: What does it mean to be a foreign correspondent?: A 2008 interview with the acclaimed journalist, who has died aged 82 by HARDtalk
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777. Sloane Crosley by Otherppl with Brad Listi
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Nicole Krauss Reads “Shelter”: Nicole Krauss reads her story “Shelter,” which appeared in the October 3, 2022, issue of the magazine. Kruass is the author of four novels, including “The History of Love,” and “Forest Dark.” Her story collection, “To Be a Man,” was published in 2020 and won the Wingate Literary Prize. by The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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Nicole Krauss Reads “Shelter”: Nicole Krauss reads her story “Shelter,” which appeared in the October 3, 2022, issue of the magazine. Kruass is the author of four novels, including “The History of Love,” and “Forest Dark.” Her story collection, “To Be a Man,” was published in 2020 and won the Wingate Literary Prize. by The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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The Second Passenger by Basil Copper by Classic Ghost Stories
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Ben Okri Reads Franz Kafka: Ben Okri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time,” four short fiction pieces by Franz Kafka, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, which were published in The New Yorker in June of 2020. Okri is the author of two dozen books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including the novels “The Famished Road,” which won the Booker Prize in 1991, and “The Freedom Artist,” which was published in 2019. by The New Yorker: Fiction
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Kim Adrian, "Dear Knausgaard: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle" (Fiction Advocate, 2020): In 2009, a novel was released in Norway with a fairly simple premise; the author would simply write about himself, his life and his attempts to write... by New Books in Literary Studies
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Episode 49 They by Rudyard Kipling by Classic Ghost Stories
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’Twas the Night Before New Years by Carroll Cogswell Givens: Most are familiar with the famous Clement Clarke Moore poem that told the world of St. Nick, but not many know of the follow up poem called 'Twas the Night Before New Years' by an unknown author around the 1830's named Carroll Cogswell Givens. Join u... by The Biofriendly Podcast
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The Women of Brewster Place II: Author Tyrese L. Coleman joins hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman to discuss Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place (1982) by Lit Century
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Scottish Poetry & Song, pt. 3: Enjoy a great selection of Scottish poems and songs in part 3 of our series! Learn more about the... by Simply Scottish
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On Claude McKay: Raymond Antrobus, Paul Mendez & Kevin Okoth by London Review Bookshop Podcast
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Storytellers, Writers, and the Original Magic Carpet by Wizard of Ads Monday Morning Memo
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Episode 30: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Claude Duval by Dirty Sexy History
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Trees and Other Poems by Joyce Kilmer ~ Full Audiobook by Classic Audiobook Collection
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Re:sound #191 The Songs My Mother Taught Me Show: This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads. Songs My Mother Taught Me by Chris Brookes (CBC, 1998) When soldiers from Newfoundland came to London to fight in WWII, many met and married local women and brought their British war... by Re:sound
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Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable - Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Short Stories by The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories
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Amy Robsart: a Tudor tragedy: Nicola Cornick discusses the life and mysterious death of Tudor gentlewoman Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley. Historyextra.com/podcast by History Extra podcast
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The Mistress in Black by Rosemary Timperley by Classic Ghost Stories
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Margaret Atwood Reads Alice Munro: Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Corrie," by Alice Munro, from a 2010 issue of the magazine. Atwood is the author of numerous collections of poetry, stories, and novels, including "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Blind Assassin," which won the Booker Prize in 2000, and "Stone Mattress." A winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and the Governor General's Award, among others, she will publish "The Testaments," a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," in September. by The New Yorker: Fiction
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48: Dear Dodie by Slightly Foxed
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Richard F. Thomas, "Why Bob Dylan Matters" (Dey Street, 2017) by New Books in Literary Studies
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