Canadian author Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature

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"Canadian author Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature, the prize committee announced today in Stockholm, Sweden.

The committee hailed her as the "master of the contemporary short story."

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[LauraNb]

1. I think it's great..

...that the short story is being highlighted in this way, they're usually seen as a bit of a second best kind of thing.

[Mz Pip]

2. I'm usually not a fan of short stories

But I read a couple of hers that were posted online and really enjoyed them.

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3. I have not read anything of jers in a long time

but have a collection here
So I'll get to it soon.