Alice Munro Says She Has Retired From Writing

Says the 81-year-old author of her decision, “I’m delighted. Not that I didn’t love writing, but I think you do get to a stage when you sort of think about your life in a different way. And perhaps, when you’re my age, you don’t wish to alone as much as a writer has to be. It’s like, at the wrong end of life, becoming very sociable.”