Top 10 Web Resources
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This is a fan website dedicated to Munro. The webpage creator provides many great links for further information about Alice Munro and even gives a brief description of what each site holds. There is also a current news section about what Munro is doing currently and what projects she is working on. This site is also regularly updated which is a great feature for large research projects on Munro.
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A Conversation With Alice Munro
This website is an interview with Alice Munro. Questions are asked about what motivates her to write the stories that she does. The viewer of the website is able to better understand what Munro is like as an individual and thus may better understand Munro’s reading.
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Open Secrets Discussion Questions
This website appears to be designed for teachers using Open Secrets in the classroom. The site contains numerous discussion questions for each of the stories in the Open Secrets collection so that the reader can better understand what he/she is reading.
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Canadian Authors and Literature
This website gives a quick biography of Alice Munro and her works. It then allows a person to purchase her novel or any of her collections of short stories. There are also links to other Canadian writers and their literature.
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Alice Munro Works, Awards, and Books
This is a website devoted to Canadian writers. It has a page devoted to Alice Munro which provides her works, awards, books written on her, and links to other sources about Munro.
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This website provides information about Munro’s awards and a biography with a bibliography. There is also a suggestion for further reading on Munro and critical perspectives on her writing.
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Alice Munro Biography and Timeline
This website contains a brief biography of Alice Munro’s life and major events that may have impacted her writing. The page also contains a timeline of when Munro wrote and published all of her works.
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This website is a great resource for getting an idea of where Munro’s stories are set. In the gallery section there are pictures of famous places in Munro’s stories so that the reader can understand all of the elements in Munro’s stories. There is also a map that includes additional areas that helps a reader better comprehend Munro’s stories.
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University of Calgary on Alice Munro
This site provides links to the University of Calgary library and some criticisms of Alice Munro’s work. Some of the links take the viewer to places to order specific critical works while other redirect the viewer to a critical essay.
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This website is an interactive timeline with historical events in Canada. The viewer is able to see what kinds of influences history may have had on authors such as Munro.