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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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