Why Alice Munro’s Work Felt so Empty

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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is David Frum, an Atlantic staff writer who has written about the J. D. Vance he once knew, the dangers of American autocracy, and his daughter’s last gift.

David is a lifelong fan of the Talking Heads, a rehabilitated T. S. Eliot enthusiast, and a critic of Alice Munro’s writing. He is also keen to visit an Impressionist exhibition that will be touring in Washington, D.C., in the fall. It features a collection of French paintings that established the artistic movement more than a century ago by “revolutionizing art itself.”

First, here are three Sunday reads from: