Alice Munro’s Men
The late author Alice Munro’s work is criticized for its portrayal of men. But radically, not all her rejected male characters are mediocrities.
Linda Hall
I am an associate professor of English at Skidmore College. Four of my essays have been named notable essays of the year in The Best American Essays, and my work has appeared in Southwest Review, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, The American Prospect, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, New York, Under the Sun, The Hudson Review, and The Globe and Mail. My review of Phillip Lopate’s three new essay anthologies will be published in Salmagundi later this year.
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