ALICE MUNRO wins NOBEL PRIZE in LITERATURE

By MICHELLE HOGMIRE | 10/10/13

“Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature,” by N.Y. Times’ Julie Bosman: “Alice Munro, the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Ms. Munro, 82, is the 13th woman to win the prize.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/books/alice-munro-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature.html?_r=0

10/9/13

“A Conversation with George Saunders,” at The New Yorker Festival: Video of Deborah Treisman, fiction editor of The New Yorker, talking with author George Saunders at the2013 festival. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/10/george-saunders-video.html

10/8/13

“American adults have low (and declining) reading proficiency,” by L.A. Times’ Hector Tobar: “The reading skills of American adults are significantly lower than those of adults in most other developed countries, according to a new international survey. What’s more, over the last two decades Americans’ reading proficiency has declined across most age groups, and has only improved significantly for 65-year-olds.” http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-american-adults-have-low-and-declining-reading-proficiency-20131008,0,3562742.story

“Robert Kirkman: I Can Do 1,000 Issues of ‘The Walking Dead,’” by Rolling Stone’s David Peisner: Rolling Stone will interviews cast and crew members of “The Walking Dead” every day until the Oct. 13 season premiere of the show. Peisner interviews the series creator, comic book writer Robert Kirkman. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/robert-kirkman-i-can-do-1-000-issues-of-the-walking-dead-20131008