Short-a-Day: Alice Munro's "Pride"
Originally published in Harper's, April 2011. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 70.In a town "where nothing is forgotten (any town, that is, any town is a place like that)," our harelipped narrator points out two different types of people: those who get things wrong but remain silent and prideful, never showing weakness (like him); and then those who embarrass or unsettle those around them by blatantly getting …