Alice Mcdermott

Alice McDermott Is Not Interested in Irish-Americans

Arts, Culture & Media

“Friends and strangers come up to me on the street,” Alice McDermott tells Kurt Andersen, “and say, ‘Oh, you’re writing another novel. Is this another one about Irish-Americans where …

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