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What questions do you have about Alice Munro's legacy?

Our guest experts answer your questions on Alice Munro.

Call us at 1-888-416-8333 or text your questions to 226-758-8924

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Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013. Renown for her mastery of the short story form, Munro's stories focused on the inner struggles of everyday people in stories often set in small town Ontario.
Canadian writer Alice Munro, pictured above at the Man Booker International Award in 2009, is revered around the world for her masterful short stories. (Peter Muhly/Getty Images)

Many fans of celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro are reeling in light of revelations that she stayed with a husband who sexually abused her daughter.

Munro's youngest daughter, Andrea Robin Skinner, wrote in a Toronto Star essay this week that her mother did not support her when she learned about the abuse, but instead treated what had happened as an infidelity.

This week on Just Asking, you're invited to call-in with the questions you're grappling with in light of this news — about art and complicated legacies, but also supporting survivors when you're aware of abuse.

Just Asking host Saroja Coelho will be joined by two guests. Canadian author and poet Heather O'Neill is herself wrestling with how to remember one of her greatest inspirations. Maria Barcelos is a psychotherapist and the executive director of The Gatehouse, where Skinner and her siblings received support to heal from what had happened in their family.

Call us at 1-888-416-8333 or send a text to 226-758-8924 with your thoughts and questions. If you'd rather reach us online, go to cbc.ca/myquestion.