The New Yorker: Fiction · The New Yorker
Clare Sestanovich Reads Alice Munro
February 1, 2023·1 hr 12 min·5 clips
Clare Sestanovich describes reading Alice Munro at age 11 to impress adults, sparking her writerly ambitions.
As heard by us
A poised Munro reading where hospital dread, family memory, and everyday distraction quietly tighten around each other.
Clare Sestanovich's Alice Munro choice sends The New Yorker: Fiction into the pressure chamber of family fear and the odd distractions that rise up around it.
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