Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and breathed in with something approaching awe. She has never, over the years, written the way any of her contemporaries have. Cathleen Schine aliceapproachawe share on social
Anyone who has read a Trollope novel knows that women did not have to wait until 1960 to feel trapped. Cathleen Schine feelreadtrap Change image and share on social
In 'Pictures from an Institution,' Randall Jarrell was able to transcend the academic novel by simply ignoring it, writing a comedy with no plot at all beyond his own pleasure in language and humanity itself. Cathleen Schine academiccomedyhumanity share on social
Michael Chabon has long moved easily between the playful, heartfelt realism of novels like 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' and 'Wonder Boys' and his playful, heartfelt, more fantastical novels like 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' and 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union.' Cathleen Schine adventureamazeboy share on social
For women, World War II had offered an opportunity, and often the necessity, to get out of the house to work. Cathleen Schine housenecessityoffer Change image and share on social
