Jess Row

novelist, literary critic, professor of English at NYU

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Celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro died in May. But her daughter recently went public about being sexually abused by her stepfather and getting no support from her mom.

How to read Alice Munro’s stories — after revelations of abuse from her daughter?

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