After endless mistakes,
I ceased to spell
Munro with an e. The name Munro evoked the image of Marilyn
Monroe and caused me to spell
Alices surname the same as the late diva. Yet in actual fact the e
in Munroe is phonetically unnecessary.
Continuing this train of thought, I found it possible to model Munros
stories on the principal of necessity. Only the essential
details are used, creating a clarity
and calmness about her work
What I had been afraid
of was true.
I was going to be left
- Red
Dress 1946
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