Film, Video Alice McDermott and George Saunders: National Book Festival 2021

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Title: Alice McDermott and George Saunders: National Book Festival 2021
Summary: Alice McDermott, author of "What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and George Saunders, author of "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life" (Random House), discuss their new books with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles.
Event Date: September 24, 2021
Running Time: 31 minutes 16 seconds
Online Format: video; image; online text

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