Alice Munro
Appearances
In The Dark
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
talking to joyce davidson for the cbc this is in 1979. passivity is not something that modern woman is supposed to be content with let alone striving for and yet um well if you're passive you sit back and watch things and you let things happen Have you been guilty of that? Oh, yes.
In The Dark
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
I will let situations develop way past the point where I should stop them just to see what will happen, to see what people will say, to see what people will do. It's probably the overriding passion of my life just to see what will happen. Now, is that because you don't want to hurt them? Oh, no. That's only part of it. That's the surface part.
In The Dark
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
That's the social behavior that one doesn't make anyone uncomfortable with. But it's also that everything fascinates me, what happens between people.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
Passivity is not something that modern woman is supposed to be content with, let alone striving for. And yet, well, if you're passive, you sit back and watch things and you let things happen. Have you been guilty of that? Oh, yes. I will let situations develop way past the point where I should stop them. Just to see what will happen, to see what people will say, to see what people will do.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
It's probably the overriding passion of my life just to see what will happen. Now, is that because you don't want to hurt them? Oh, no. That's only part of it. That's the surface part. That's the social behavior. that one doesn't make anyone uncomfortable. But it's also that everything fascinates me, what happens between people.