SOURCE: "Merciful Light," in Maclean's, Vol. 103, No. 19, May 7, 1990, pp. 66-7.
In the following essay, based on an interview with Munro following the publication of Friend of My Youth, Timson relates the importance and discipline of writing in Munro's life.
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