I don’t think I can read Alice Munro ever again.

[Anonymous]

NYT today

[Anonymous]

Never read her books and I won't start now. What a horrible woman.

[Anonymous]

Should our artists be perfect people? Gee I hope not! Art does not come from well adjusted people living easy happy lives!

That article made me re-read Runaway today. Love it.

[Anonymous]

In case anyone's wondering what the OP is referring to, this is the article:

What Alice Munro Knew:
The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/magazine/alice-munro-andrea-skinner-abuse.html?searchResultPosition=1

[Anonymous]

Older DCUM post here

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1215057.page

[Anonymous]

Yep.

I have a book of her collected stories and may drop it at value village.

[Anonymous]

You are confusing the art with the human who produced it.

[Anonymous]

Not confusing. If a painter was a pedo, I'd torch that trashy "art" too - no excuses. Her own daughter FFS

[Anonymous]

There’s so much wonderful literature out in the world. It’s ok to toss the ones who condone child sexual abuse and read other people.

It doesn’t mean her work wasn’t good. It just means we have choices of how we spend our money and how libraries spend their money. It shouldn’t be on her work.

[Anonymous]

I loved her so much until I read about this a few months ago. Unforgivable.

[Anonymous]

I never liked her work that much despite trying many times over the years. Too humorless, perhaps, and it was always a chore to get to the end of a story even though it seemed well told. Now I feel validated in my lack of affection for her.

[Anonymous]

Could someone please provide a gift link to the article?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I feel the same about Marion Zimmer Bradley/“Mysts of Avalon.”

I can separate most artists who have exhibited horrible behavior or said horrible things from their works. But I cannot separate this— in both cases, writers literally enabled their husbands to prey on children (including their own). It’s just beyond the pale for me and overshadows any good qualities to their work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s so much wonderful literature out in the world. It’s ok to toss the ones who condone child sexual abuse and read other people.

It doesn’t mean her work wasn’t good. It just means we have choices of how we spend our money and how libraries spend their money. It shouldn’t be on her work.

+1. I will never finish reading all of the wonderful literature that has published to date, let alone all of the new literature to come before I die. I have to pick and choose anyway. This is just another criterion to consider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Should our artists be perfect people? Gee I hope not! Art does not come from well adjusted people living easy happy lives!

That article made me re-read Runaway today. Love it.

Please seek help for your obvious delusion.