Graeme Gibson Interviews Alice Munro: From Eleven Canadian Novelists Interviewed by Graeme Gibson

In honour of Alice Munro's Nobel Prize for Literature, Anansi Digital is re-releasing a candid interview with Munro by Canadian novelist Graeme Gibson. Taken from Eleven Canadian Novelists , which was originally published in 1973 by House of Anansi Press, the interview is a revealing and wide-ranging dialogue between two writers, and a rare view of Munro and her work. With the intuition of an insider, Gibson asks the important questions: In what way is writing important to you? Do writers know something special? Does he or she have any responsibility to society? The result is a fascinating and immensely readable conversation with the famed short story writer at the beginning of her career. In honour of Alice Munro's Nobel Prize for Literature, Anansi Digital is re-releasing a candid interview with Munro by Canadian novelist Graeme Gibson.Taken from __Eleven Canadian Novelists__, which was originally published in 1973 by House of Anansi Press, the interview is a revealing and wide-ranging dialogue between two writers, and a rare view of Munro and her work.With the intuition of an insider, Gibson asks the important questions: In what way is writing important to you? Do writers know something special? Does he or she have any responsibility to society? The result is a fascinating and immensely readable conversation with the famed short story writer at the beginning of her career. Part dark satire, part surreal Gothic folktale, The Last Ham is a story about populist politics run amok in the age of illusion.Weeks before Easter in the sleepy town of Bedford, a macabre death coincides with the arrival of a stranger from the city. The resulting events that unfold, fueled by anticipation for the Church's annual picnic auction, will change the community forever. At the center of it all is the infamous Kersey Ham — enigma, icon, idol and sacrilege — and a man called Dale Westin, a salesman, shaman and champion of his own destiny, who knows what the people crave.