Archive - Reading Alice & Others

I've been giving this some thought

And here's what I've got

Jul 22, 2024 •

How to take the news?

TW child abuse, sexual abuse

Jul 9, 2024 •

June 2024

On reading The Bear Came Over the Mountain, by Alice Munro

Hopeful or cynical?

Jun 7, 2024 •

May 2024

On reading Alice Munro, now and always

May 16, 2024 •

April 2024

On the short story Mr Parker by Laurie Colwin

I have a shelf on my bookcase reserved for books that make me smile.

Apr 2, 2024 •

March 2024

On Bliss by Katherine Mansfield

A brief slip of a story about a party where nothing is quite as it seems

Mar 4, 2024 •

February 2024

On reading (and writing) the short story, Premonition, by me

A reminder to myself on how I wrote my own short stories

Feb 5, 2024 •

January 2024

On reading the short story, The Moons of Jupiter, by Alice Munro

An unobvious story for a new year

Jan 3, 2024 •

October 2023

Welcome to Reading Alice & Others

My notes and thoughts on short stories which have moved me deeply. If you'd like to know more, or you've just subscribed, start here.

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

On reading the short story Differently, by Alice Munro

'We never behave as if we believed we were going to die.'

Sep 29, 2023 •

On reading the short story Axis, by Alice Munro

Imagine your mother walking in on you having sex for the first time.

Sep 20, 2023 •

October 2022

Dear Huma: I feel this horrible sense of shame

It doesn't feel like enough anymore

Oct 21, 2022 •

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