Alice Munro Wins Nobel, Canadians and Women Feel Quietly Superior

By Michelle Dean on Oct 10, 2013 Flavorwire

I was not expecting Alice Munro to win the Nobel Prize this morning, and apparently neither was she; the Swedish Academy has already tweeted that they couldn’t get her on the phone to tell her about the prize. Quoth Margaret Atwood, in return:

Okay,everyone’s calling Me to get me to write about Alice!
(Alice, come out from behind the tool shed and pick up the phone.)

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