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Rumpus editors share our Nobel Prize in Literature predictions with you!
...moreRumpus editors share our Nobel Prize in Literature predictions with you!
...moreNobel Prize–winning author Doris Lessing passed away in her London home at the age of 94. The 11th woman to ever win the Nobel, Lessing broke ground with both the form and the content of books like The Golden Notebook, Children of Violence, and The Good Terrorist. Her New York Times obituary calls her “uninhibited and outspoken” (and “cavalier […]
...moreLet’s all take a moment to appreciate that Twitter has realized its true purpose, achieving an all-time high point in social-media history—and, indeed, in human civilization—with one stunning development: Margaret Atwood’s adorable selfies of her and Alice Munro celebrating Munro’s Nobel win.
...moreAs you may have heard by now, Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature! If you are not familiar with Munro’s work, Slate has a list of her best stories to read first. Find out why The New Yorker says that Alice Munro is the Chekhov of our time. Out of the 110 winners […]
...moreAlice Munro, a “master of the contemporary short story,” has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The first Canadian to win, Munro told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: I think my stories have gotten around quite remarkably for short stories, and I would really hope that this would make people see the short story […]
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