What about the baby? : some thoughts on the art of fiction / Alice McDermott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDermott, Alice, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--Authorship.

Fiction.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Summary:

"A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched "virtuoso of language and image" (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: What I Expect

Story

Sentencing

What About the Baby?

Mary McCarthy

Only Connect (Eventually)

William Rehnquist, Robinson Crusoe, Rabbit Ears, and Something About Passion: Advice from Me to Me

An Unreasonable Degree of Sympathy

Starting Over

Coaching

Faith and Literature

All Drama Is Family Drama

Voice-overs

Things

Remembrance of Things That Never Happened: The Art of Memoir, the Art of Fiction

Finally.

Contains:

Container of: McDermott, Alice. What I expect.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Story.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Sentencing.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Mary McCarthy.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Only connect (eventually)

Container of: McDermott, Alice. William Rehnquist, Robinson Crusoe, rabbit ears, and something about passion.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Unreasonable degree of sympathy.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Starting over.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Coaching.

Container of: McDermott, Alice. Faith and literature.

ISBN:

9780374130626

0374130620

OCLC:

1182568704