Talk:Alice Munro

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[edit] Removed material

Material removed from Munro (disambiguation) page. Espresso Addict 20:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. Those paragraphs were copied directly from the Canadian Encyclopedia, so I have removed them from this page, as well. I've added a couple of bits to our article (which evidently drew from the Canadian Encyclopedia as well but paraphrased, rather than copied). Sunray 21:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It did look like a cut & paste job, but I couldn't find the source. I'll also remove the duplicate from the disambiguation talk page. Espresso Addict 22:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced POV material

The article stated Munro is "widely considered one of the greatest short story writers in modern literature." Says who? Source? Sounds pretty POV to me. Munro has a fair number of detractors, which her supporter Sue Miller noted in her introduction to the Best American Short Stories of 2002. I reworked to a more neutral statement.207.69.139.11 05:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the original ("widely considered one of the greatest short story writers in modern literature") is POV, especially if altered to read "widely considered one of the greatest short-story writers in contemporary Anglophone literature." And how is anyone going to source that statement anyway? A.S. Byatt called her "the world's greatest short story writer" and plenty of other people have made similar points. But that still isn't a poll that could accurately source such an idea. And of course she has plenty of detractors--so does every single writer, living or dead,who is of any importance--Shakespeare most definitely included. I haven't reverted or altered it--I'll see if there's a response to this--but I think the statement about her status should be less "neutral" and more accurate. 68.167.113.58 16:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)