Alice Munro kvetches like a mentsh

Alice Munro kvetches like a mentsh

Since Alice Munro was named as the Nobel Prize winner for Literature today it seems like a good time to repost this piece I wrote for the Huffington Post about when she turned down the Giller Prize. Enjoy. “How do you make a writer kvetch?” It’s a...

Kvetching for the Huffington Post

Wex’s piece for the Huffington Post was published today. “How do you make a writer kvetch?” “Publish his book.” When you’re pining for an empire, but they’re giving you a niche it’s time for any writer worth his or her...