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What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction

By Alice McDermott
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Unabridged — 6 hours, 57 minutes
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By Alice McDermott
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Unabridged — 6 hours, 57 minutes
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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)

What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction gathers the bestselling novelist Alice McDermott's pithiest wisdom about her chosen art, acquired over a lifetime as an acclaimed writer and teacher of writing.

From technical advice (“check that your verbs aren't burde...