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NellMood
09/02/09

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How did I not know that Alice Munro has a new book coming out? That's such exciting news.
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hatepaperdoll
09/02/09

In reply to Munro Pulls A Heigl
Don't be fooled, this is just your classic prestigious literary awards set up for a no-holds-barred pay per view cage match. It's been done, Giller prize.
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PilgrimSoul
09/02/09

In reply to Munro Pulls A Heigl
The fact that Alice Munro's name has been joined with Katherine Heigl's depresses me more than I can say.

And those of you who think Atwood is better than Munro... I can't help you.
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Khrushchev
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: Indeed, Alice has been done a disservice this day.
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NellMood
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: "And those of you who think Atwood is better than Munro... I can't help you. " THANK YOU. Team Alice, all the way.
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Imogen Quest
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: Why can't we have both? We don't pit male authors against each other this way.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: That's alright, I don't actually need you to help me decide which author I prefer. It's a matter of opinion.
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NellMood
09/02/09

@Imogen Quest: I admit that it's a little silly to compare the two, although I am a huge Alice Munro fan and she wins every prize in my world. However, I disagree that we don't compare male authors- this happens all the time. People have favorite writers and contrast them with other writers.
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margareita metermaid
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: gotta agree there. Munro is one of the best writers of the century, if not ever. and in terms of pitting writers against one another, male or female, i think it is more in fun than some serious thing that should offend anyone, Imogen etc.
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Imogen Quest
09/02/09

@NellMood: People absolutely have favorite writers and contrast them with other writers, but I hear more of the "there can be only one!" nonsense as specifically regards women.
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NellMood
09/02/09

@Imogen Quest: I think people are just joking. I don't think anyone here actually believes that it's either Munro or Atwood.
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bluebears
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: gasp! Atwood > Munro. ;)
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Cerridwen
09/02/09

@PilgrimSoul: Munro, FTW! Actually, I think both authors are fabulous but I connect with Munro's work more than Atwood's on a personal level.

But my question is, how do you feel about Margaret Laurence?
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Imogen Quest
09/02/09

@NellMood: I was clearly misreading tone. It has not been, in general, an it-getting kind of day for me.
In my own defense: I have seen people argue seriously over less serious things than this on the internet. Even on Jezebel, though not as often.
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NellMood
09/03/09

@Imogen Quest: I empathize- I am constantly misreading tone on the internet.
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luxylux
09/02/09

In reply to Munro Pulls A Heigl
It's more of a pulling an Oprah, no?
Pulling a Heigl would be dropping out because she thought her own stories stunk it up, but this suggests she didn't want to keep winning over and over, a la O at the daytime emmies.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
09/02/09

In reply to Munro Pulls A Heigl
My dough would have been on Atwood anyway. She kicks so much literary ass it's not even an issue. I want to be her when I grow up. Seriously.
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CurtCole
09/02/09

@now it's just Aesop's Heatstroke.: I agree.
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Khrushchev
09/02/09

@now it's just Aesop's Heatstroke.: Yeah, who is this "Alice Munro" person anyway? She should have been proud to just be part of the same profession as Atwood.
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Ailatan
09/02/09

@CurtCole and Aesop: I join you in the Margaret Atwood love.
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this_mad_woman
09/02/09

@now it's just Aesop's Heatstroke.: i have to throw in some alice munro love here though! we don't have to compare them negatively. atwood is a brilliant, brilliant novelist and poet, and munro is a brilliant, brilliant short story writer. can't they just both be awesome? because for realz, the bear came over the mountain might be about the most perfect short story i have ever read in my life.
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happymisanthrope
06/24/09

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Oh Penguin Illustrated Classics, you can do no wrong.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
06/24/09

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these are great! love the p&p cover.
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Cunning_Linguist
06/24/09

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WANT

Since I'm still boycotting Amazon, does anyone else know where I can get these? :/
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LBB
06/24/09

@Cunning_Linguist: I imagine Borders and B&N, and if indie bookstores don't have them maybe they'd order them for you?
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sassyredhead
06/24/09

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I want The Scarlet Letter in a hangable print! It would be amazing in my bathroom!
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jigglyball
06/24/09

@sassyredhead: This is only tangentially related, but I currently have a print hanging in my bathroom that depicts two pigeons sitting on a the back of a toilet, and it's titled "Stool Pigeons." It was made for bathroom display.
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jigglyball
06/24/09

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The Pearl illustration is cracking me right up. She just looks like an asshole. A baby asshole.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
06/24/09

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Well, that sound was me dashing to Amazon.
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WildSurmise
06/24/09

@TheFormerJuneBronson: me too, though I find myself wondering where Catherine's arms are on the Wuthering Heights cover
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LBB
06/24/09

@WildSurmise: One [orange-gloved] hand is holding her necklace, the other one is at her waist, so I'm assuming they're wrapped in her shawl.
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WildSurmise
06/24/09

@LBB: oh geez, thanks--I totally see it now!
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LBB
06/24/09

@WildSurmise: It took me a minute too, I was like "...WTF?"
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Jack_Burton
06/02/09

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One should know how to stuff one's beaver.
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badmutha
06/02/09

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Heh, heh, heh. "Chapter 1 - Beads and their uses."
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Scout
06/02/09

@badmutha: I wanna read "your version" of this book!

and "joinery", while I know what it is, only makes me think of "scissoring" (thanks Mrs. Garrison!)
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Scout
06/02/09

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wait...what?

"Another funny thing is the fact that ants have wings When they get married Mrs Ant snaps off her wings and settles down to her housekeeping"
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badmutha
06/02/09

@Scout: Dude, I thought only a specific type of ant had wings, and they were all males that had wings anyway. Not even an ant is stupid enough to settle down to housekeeping.
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Scout
06/02/09

@badmutha: stupid me thought only termites had wings....and they don't keep a neat house AT ALL!

anyhow, this book goes back and forth between being kinda cool and then utterly insulting
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maneki neko
06/02/09

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I want to do pheasants, poultry and bees!
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