Congratulations, Alice Munro!

Congratulations, Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize. Alice Munro began writing short stories as practice for a novel--she didn't feel she had time for the whole thing--but she soon realized that she could do basically anything she wanted in a short story. In fact, editor of Best American Short Stories 2012 Tom Perrotta singled her out for just that ability. The Munro story he chose for inclusion in that collection shifts perspective dramatically among three characters--something you never used to see done in short formats. Well, she does, and others do, too, in that collection. Thank you, Ms. Munro, for inspiring other writers for decades. May the fabulous medium of short stories continue to grow thanks to your work.