short fiction
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Alice Munro “Night” | Short Story #341
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Night” author: Alice Munro year: 2012 from Dear Life where: Quarantine note: This story made me think about what Zadie Smith said about the difference between the past and now, and how in the past, folks discussed things so much less. I really liked the brief rumination on psychiatry near the end. a line:…
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Alice Munro “Carried Away” | Short Story #340
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Carried Away” author: Alice Munro year: 1991 where: Quarantine note: This story came to me by a mention from Lorrie Moore. It is such an elegant story, full of historic markers big and small. There’s something at the end (the conflation of men and memory) that reminds me of what did Susan Minot did…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 