Podcast appearances and mentions of Alice McDermott

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Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Absolution by Alice McDermott published by Bloomsbury

Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, James T. Keane, as they discuss "Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes: 50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands Who Challenge and Change Us".  Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/f02009  America columnist and Catholic cultural and literary critic, James T. Keane, brings together fifty varied voices--including some underappreciated ones--and reflects on their cultural, political, literary, and religious influence. His smart, accessible style brings thought leaders into conversation with a Catholic sensibility, opening unexpected insights into our current moment.  Among these fifty figures are John Kennedy Toole, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Dorothy Day, Jon Hassler, Mary Karr, Martin Amis, Toni Morrison, Graham Greene, Shusaku Endo, Andre Dubus III, Iris Murdoch, Colm Tóibín, J.F. Powers, Salman Rushdie, Mary Gordon, Wendell Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sigrid Undset, Alice McDermott, and John Irving.   Reading Culture through Catholic Eyes combines Keane's breadth of knowledge of literary and cultural voices with a deep background in Catholic theology and spirituality. For general readers who appreciate lively and relevant writing, this book is a must-have. 

One of the questions I often get this time of year is who were my favorite interviews and what were my favorite books? This year, the question prompted me to begin digging through my 25+ hours of recordings to find the gems from 2024. I decided to edit some of them together and share them here. Of course, this is just a small sampling and doesn't include Barbara's many treasures. One of my New Year's resolutions is to try doing more reading and less watching. So if you're in that boat too and looking for some good places to start, maybe this episode will help you out. All the complete interviews can be found in our archives at www.writersonwriting.com. Here's a quick list of the authors and books mentioned in this episode: Steve Almond's Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow, Kevin Barry's The Heart in Winter, Bonnie Jo Campbell's The Waters, Kristin Hannah's The Women, Jonathan Lethem's Brooklyn Crime Novel, Hisham Matar's My Friends, Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In, Alice McDermott's Absolution, Ben Shattuck's The History of Sound, Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy, and Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. Listen to past interviews on our website. If you'd like to support the show and indie bookstores, consider buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests, as well as some of our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners! Host: Barbara DeMarco-BarrettHost: Marrie StoneMusic: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Découvrez les coups de coeur littéraires de Valérie Expert et de Gérard Collard avec notamment "Absolution", un roman de Alice McDermott et "Le Cinéma c'est mieux que la vie", un livre de Claude Lelouch.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   Alice McDermott Alice McDermott, whose latest novel, just out in trade paperback, is “Absolution,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Alice McDermott is the author of eight other novels, including Charming Billy, which won the National Book Award in 1998, That Night, which was a National Book Award finalist, and was twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is also author of one non-fiction work, “What About the Baby?” “Absolution” concerns the young wife of a Naval officer in Saigon in the spring and summer of 1963, who years later looks back on that time, from the vantage point of old age. The book has been popping up on several best of the year lists. Complete Interview   Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. 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Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy (winner of the National Book Award), That Night, As Weddings and Wakes, and After This (which were finalists for the Pulitzer). She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her most recent novel, now out in paperback, is Absolution. She joins Marrie Stone to talk about it, her door into the Vietnam War, and many of the lessons she applies to her own work which appear in What About the Baby? For more information on Writers on Writing and extra writing perks, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website. Support the show by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests, as well as some of our personal favorites. You support independent bookstores and our show when you purchase books through the store. And on Spotify, you'll find to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners. (Recorded on October 23, 2024) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music and sound editing: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Today's episode features two authors who've written novels centering the personal and political experiences of women during war. First, NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Vanessa Chan about The Storm We Made, which follows a mother in 1945 Malay grappling with how her secret work as a spy has resulted in the brutal Japanese occupation tearing her family apart. Then, NPR's Juana Summers chats with Alice McDermott about her novel Absolution, which depicts two American wives looking back on the friendship they developed living in Saigon as their husbands' "helpmeets" during the Vietnam War.

(This conversation originally broadcast on November 30, 2023.) On this encore episode of Midday on Books, Tom speaks with novelist Alice McDermott about her latest novel, "Absolution." The story is set in Vietnam in the earliest days of the war and explores the lives of the American military wives. The book places at its center a young woman, newly married, living in an unfamiliar place, submerged in an unfamiliar milieu of military personnel, consultants and contractors. It is an intimate portrait of a person finding her way, and a telling chronicle of characters that are usually cast as ancillary and secondary.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues  ​ Bookwaves Alice McDermott, whose latest novel is “Absolution,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded December 12, 2023 via zencastr. Alice McDermott is the author of eight other novels, including Charming Billy, which won the National Book Award in 1998, That Night, which was a National Book Award finalist, and was twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is also author of one non-fiction work, “What About the Baby?” “Absolution” concerns the young wife of a Naval officer in Saigon in the spring and summer of 1963, who years later looks back on that time, from the vantage point of old age. The book has been popping up on several best of the year lists. Complete Interview     Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. Some venues operate Tuesday – Sunday; others Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday. All times Pacific Time. Closing dates are sometimes extended. Book Stores Bay Area Book Festival  Event calendar and links to previous events. Book Passage.  Monthly Calendar. Mix of on-line and in-store events. Books Inc.  Mix of on-line and in-store events. The Booksmith.  Monthly Event Calendar. Center for Literary Arts, San Jose. See website for Book Club guests in upcoming months. Green Apple Books. Events calendar. Kepler's Books  On-line Refresh the Page program listings. Live Theater Companies Actor's Reading Collective (ARC).  See website for past streams. African American Art & Culture Complex. See website for calendar. Alter Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. American Conservatory Theatre  A Christmas Carol, December 6 -24, Toni Rembe Theater. Aurora Theatre  Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle, February 9 – March 10. Streaming:  March 5-10. Awesome Theatre Company. See website for upcoming productions. Berkeley Rep Harry Clarke by David Cale, featuring Billy Crudup, Roda Theatre, November 15 – December 23, 2023. Just For Us, written and performed by Alex Edelman, January 9 – 24, Peet's Theatre. Berkeley Shakespeare Company. See website for upcoming productions. Boxcar Theatre. See website for upcoming shows. Brava Theatre Center: See calendar for current and upcoming productions. BroadwaySF: See website for assorted upcoming events in 2024. Disney's The Lion King, November 22 – December 30, Orpheum. Broadway San Jose:  Chicago, February 23-25. Mean Girls, March 19-24. California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes). See website for events. Center Rep: A Christmas Carol, December 7 – 21. Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, directed by Jeffrey Lo. January 6-28. Central Works  Boss McGreedy written and directed by Gary Graves, March 2-13. Cinnabar Theatre. The Last Five Years, January 5-21, 2024, Club Fugazi. Dear San Francisco. Open-ended run. Contra Costa Civic Theatre Upcoming season to be announced. Curran Theater: See website for upcoming live events. Single night events in 2024 include Fran Lebowitz, Laurie Anderson, William H. Macy, John Cusack, Joe Jackson. Custom Made Theatre. In hibernation. Cutting Ball Theatre. You Did It by Payson Whitwell. Postponed to early January. 42nd Street Moon. Falsettos, February 29 – March 17, 2024. Golden Thread  Upcoming season to be announced. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Upcoming productions to be announced. Magic Theatre. Miriam and Esther go to the Diamond District by Andrea Gordon, Rainbow Zebra Productions, January 18-28, 2024. 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If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write Richard@kpfa.org The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – December 21, 2023: Alice McDermott appeared first on KPFA.

Alice McDermott, whose latest novel is “Absolution,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded December 12, 2023 via zencastr. Alice McDermott is the author of eight other novels, including Charming Billy, which won the National Book Award in 1998, That Night, which was a National Book Award finalist, and was twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is also author of one non-fiction work, “What About the Baby?” “Absolution” concerns the young wife of a Naval officer in Saigon in the spring and summer of 1963, who years later looks back on that time, from the vantage point of old age. The book has been popping up on several best of the year lists. The post Alice McDermott, “Absolution,” 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

In a new novel, all the threads of Ana's life— marital infidelity, a gender-fluid child, tensions with her mother—braid together as she celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Lisa Gornick's fifth novel is "Ana Turns." She and Alice McDermott, whose latest novel is "Absolution," will discuss their books in a virtual event on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. Details here.Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers mharvie@wypr.org 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers mgerr@wypr.org 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his sbdawes@wypr.org 410-235-1472

Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, including Charming Billy, winner of the National Book Award, and That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This, which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other publications. She lives outside Washington, DC. Her new novel is called Absolution. We talked about voice, epistolary influence, focusing on women's stories, retrospective narrators, the idea of absolution, and Vietnam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom speaks with novelist Alice McDermott about her latest novel, "Absolution." The story is set in Vietnam in the earliest days of the war and explores the lives of the American military wives. The book places at its center a young woman, newly married, living in an unfamiliar place, submerged in an unfamiliar milieu of military personnel, consultants and contractors. It is an intimate portrait of a person finding her way, and a telling chronicle of characters that are usually cast as ancillary and secondary. Alice McDermott is set to speak about her book at 6:00pm at the Bird in Hand Bookstore in Charles Village in Baltimore.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new historic novels, one set in Malaysia, the other in Vietnam: Absolution, by Alice McDermott, and The Storm We Made, by Veronica Chan. All titles available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In conversation with Nomi Eve ''Filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death'' (The New York Times), Alice McDermott's bestselling novels include Someone; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; That Night; At Weddings and Wakes; and After This, all of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, a collection of essays inspired from a lifetime of reading, writing, and teaching literature. For more than 20 years, McDermott was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and on the Sewanee Writers Conference faculty. She has contributed writing to The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Times, among many other periodicals. A meditative novel about grace, sacrifice, and forgiveness, Absolution is a decades-spanning account of two women's peripheral experience with the Vietnam War and its permanent consequences. The director of the creative writing MFA program at Drexel University, Nomi Eve is the author of the novels Henna House and the National Jewish Book Award-nominated The Family Orchard. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Conjunctions, and Glimmer Train, and she has published book reviews in The Village Voice and Newsday.  Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! (recorded 11/7/2023)

In this episode of Personally  Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by best-selling author Alice McDermott. Alice is the author of nine novels including “Charming Billy”, winner of the National Book Award.  She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times and is a professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University.  Her latest novel is called, “Absolution”,  which is about the lives of American wives on the margins of the Vietnam War. Alice talks about her life, her family, her Catholic faith, and her latest novel, “Absolution”.Support the show

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Alice McDermott has written one of THE great novels of 2023. Absolution is so many things…a portrait of diplomatic wives carving out lives for themselves in Saigon before the start of the war, a moralistic novel about the dangers of colonialism and good intentions, the story of the complex relationships women have with motherhood, and with each other. Why did she write it? And what has convinced so many that it's going to be a Pulitzer finalist this year? Tune in and find out. Our bookstore this week comes from one of our beloved listeners-The Lost Bookshop in Delhi, NY. Join us, and keep sending in suggestions! Books mentioned in this week's episode: Absolution by Alice McDermott Charming Billy by Alice McDermott Someone by Alice McDermott The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott That Night by Alice McDermott At Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermott A Bigamist's Daughter by Alice McDermott After This by Alice McDermott What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction by Alice McDermott The Quiet American by Graham Greene This is Happiness by Niall Williams The Holy Bible Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Art of Seeing Things by John Burroughs A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"It does come down to that moment, when as a reader or as a writer entering into a story we say — it's not about me, it's about you."    Alice McDermott's Absolution shines a light on the dynamic lives of American women as they navigate the tumultuous era of the Vietnam War. McDermott joins us to talk about the untold pieces of American history, the evolution of her career as a writer, the power and impact of language in fiction and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.     This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.            New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          Featured Books (episode):  Absolution by Alice McDermott    The Quiet American by Graham Greene    The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott    A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard    Family Meal by Bryan Washington    The Bee Sting by Paul Murray 

Historian Tanisha Ford tells Tonya Mosley the story of Harlem activist Mollie Moon, credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Alice McDermott's new novel, Absolution.

Historian Tanisha Ford tells Tonya Mosley the story of Harlem activist Mollie Moon, credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Alice McDermott's new novel, Absolution.

After embarrassing himself by trying and failing to give Mark Zuckerberg money, Sam describes his first experience with reading Kristin Hannah, in particular her upcoming "The Women," which is about nurses in Vietnam, and shares some qualities with "A Little Life," for good and ill. If you don't have a great feel for post-Vietnam U.S. culture, this is a solid read. And guess what? Hannah's reading the new Alice McDermott book, "Absolution," which is ALSO set in Vietnam. And is maybe a little more literary. Are there truly any selfless acts? Maybe see what Kurt Vonnegut thinks; the graphic-novel adaptation of "Slaughterhouse Five" is a triumph. It's hard not to think it was written yesterday, sometimes, particularly in the context of what's happening now in Israel-Palestine. For lighter fare, Hannah has read "West Heart Kill," a murder mystery set at a hunt club, with some fourth-wall interludes that's a bit mansplainy. Finally, Sam reads an actual romance for the first time, a first adult romance from the young-adult National Book Award-winning Kacen Callender, who has written what is very much not a YA book. Sam is largely charmed, even if he's outside his comfort zone.  

On this week's episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year's Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist's investigation of state-sanctioned killings in the Philippines, and a trio of celebrity memoirs. Discussed in this week's episode:“The Vulnerables,” by Sigrid Nunez“Day,” by Michael Cunningham“Absolution,” by Alice McDermott“A Shining,” by Jon Fosse“Romney: A Reckoniung,” by McKay Coppins“Class,” by Stephanie Land“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista“The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism,” by Tim Alberta“My Name is Barbra,” by Barbra Streisand“The Woman in Me,” by Britney Spears“Worthy,” by Jada Pinkett Smith

This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the October releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 441” and tap enter into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode): Annie's books: Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways by Brittany Means Heirloom Rooms by Erin Napier Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (10/24) Olivia's books: The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen (10/10) Distant Sons by Tim Johnston (10/17) Juniper's Christmas by Eoin Colfer (10/31) Erin's books: The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young (10/17) The Berry Pickers by Alison Peters (10/31) Absolution by Alice McDermott (10/31) Thank you to this week's sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it's time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we're exactly what you're looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There's no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia – it's worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Penance by Eliza Clark. Olivia is reading Forever Twelve by Stacy McAnulty. Erin is reading The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Welcome back! The podcast has had a much needed upgrade! I am pleased to present the pilot episode of my podcast 'Really Good Exposure: The life lessons I learned the hard way, so you don't have to' On this episode, I speak with one of my closest friends, Skins cast mate, and roommate - Lily Loveless! Lily played Naomi in the UK teen drama Skins almost 15 years ago alongside me. Lily and I get into the nitty gritty about what's been going on since our time on Skins, our friendship, what life as neurodivergent creative freelancers is really like and what's in store for us in the future. We also reminisce on our time filming Skins together, and answer some listener questions. This episode was produced by the amazing Alice McDermott! Please comment, like, share on socials and tell your friends about the episode! The better the response to this pilot episode the better the chance that this gets turned into a fully fledged podcast series :) Much love! x

This Episode is sponsored by Skunk Brothers SpiritsWebsite: https://skunkbrothersspirits.com/About the author:Native New Yorker Annie O'Neill Stein moved to Los Angeles in the early 80s as an actress, during the great migration of NY actors to LA. After many small parts in TV series, from Miami Vice to Charlie's Angels, she decided to follow her true passion, writing. She found her mentors in Eve LaSalle Caram and Kerry Madden at UCLA, and studied with them for several years. Being accepted to Sewanee Writer's Conference to study with Alice McDermott planted the seed for Exit Wounds, her first novel.Annie O'Neill Stein has written for magazines such as More, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Distinction, Folks, and was a regular contributor to the Huffington Post for several years.Some of the things she's proudest of are leading creative writing workshops with foster teens for five years, and editing and publishing Beauty From Ashes, short stories, and poetry written by foster youth.She lives in LA with her husband and has two grown daughters, although she would love to pretend that she lives in the French countryside.She's a huge advocate of kindness. Kindness, gratitude, and the belief that we're all on this planet to help each other.Website: www.annieoneillstein.com Buy her book: https://thepermanentpress.com/products/exit-woundsDiscount Code: DWA10Music by Jam HansleyFollow Us and Buy Our Books!Website: https://4horsemenpublications.com/All Social Media: @DrinkingWithAuthorsThis Episode is sponsored by Skunk Brothers SpiritsWebsite: https://skunkbrothersspirits.com/Discount Code: DWA10Skunk Brothers Spirits was started by a family of disabled veterans focused on locally-sourced, quality distilled spirits. The Washington-based team is building on their grandfather's prohibition-era moonshine recipe to bring small batch spirits to the Gorge and beyond!

In which Alice McDermott knows her way around a novel.

Today's Spoken Label Podcast (Author / Artist / Spoken Word Podcast) features extracts from the debut novel by the late Annie O'Neill Stein. I was contacted to feature Annie for October's 2022 Spoken Label back at the end of August 2022 regarding her debut novel 'Exit Wounds'. Sadly, Annie sadly passed away before I was able to speak to her and so instead as a tribute to this talented writer are several extracts off her novel by Susan Blakely in tribute to Annie. Exit Wounds is the story off Laura "Born to shanty Irish on one side and Park Avenue privilege on the other, Laura navigates a turbulent childhood filled with the alcohol-fueled abuse of her volatile father and her mother's excessive drinking. As the middle child of three girls, she assigns herself the role of her mother's protector, who dies when Laura is thirteen, leaving her heartbroken and adrift. Insecure, anxious, and fearful, she tries drugs, random sex, and a sequence of lovers. Along the way she becomes a successful painter and has a bad first marriage. Nothing however seems to assuage her emptiness and her sense of loss. Eventually, she marries a caring man and has a loving daughter. It is only at the end of her life and by way of an unusual and unexpected turn of events that she is finally able to make peace with herself, to let go of the feeling that she never really grieved, and said goodbye to her beloved mother, and to appreciate that though we work at love and acceptance, sometimes the most wonderful experiences in our lives come in unanticipated and unsought ways. Annie O'Neill Stein has an engaging voice- quirky, funny, full of original observations and expressions, as she adroitly explores the mysteries of the human heart." Native New Yorker Annie O'Neill Stein moved to Los Angeles in the early eighties as an actress. After many small parts in TV series, from Miami Vice to Charlie's Angels, she decided to follow her true passion, writing. Being accepted to Sewanee Writers Conference to study with Alice McDermott planted the seed for Exit Wounds, her first novel. Annie has written for several magazines, More, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Distinction, Folks and was a regular contributor to The Huffington Post for several years." Because I tend to read fiction cinematically, I saw each chapter of Exit Wounds as fully realized scenes in a movie. It isn't a happy book and it's not a sad book. It's a brave, raw story of redemption infused with clever and witty black Irish humor. -- Moritz Borman, Producer Snowden, Terminator Salvation, Basic, Savages It manages to be harrowing and hopeful in equal measure. The scenes of a childhood defined by a brutal drunk beating a young girl's dying mother are as scarifying as any coming of age novel I've read, and the scenes of a life lived in defiance of the script she was handed is no less than thrilling. -- Tom Lutz, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Creative Writing, UC Riverside/Founding Editor in Chief and Publisher of the Los Angeles Review of Books Exit Wounds, Annie O'Neill Stein's debut novel will draw you in, tug at your heart, and help you appreciate the subtle pleasure of black irish humor. She hooks you in with her original voice and takes you on a journey without sugar coating or apology and helps one understand the importance of an examined life. -- Bob Wallace, Former Managing Editor, Rolling Stone Annie O'Neill Stein's novel Exit Wounds is a striking debut. Her writing is sensory, emotionally honest, and darkly comic. Like Laura, her main character, Stein is a rule breaker. She takes the reader on a wild and satisfying ride. -- Jan Cherubin, author of Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020, The Orphan's Daughter thepermanentpress.com/products/exit-wounds www.annieoneillstein.com

Alice McDermott is the author of several novels, including The Ninth Hour; Someone; After This; Child of My Heart; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; and At Weddings and Wakes—all published by FSG. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and elsewhere. For more than two decades she was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the faculty at the Sewanee Writers Conference. McDermott lives with her family outside Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(This conversation originally aired October 15, 2021) Welcome to this archive edition of Midday. Today, we revisit a conversation host Tom Hall had this past fall with the acclaimed author, Alice McDermott. She is the winner of a National Book Award. Three of her novels have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, and she's garnered many other prizes and accolades in a career that has spanned 40 years, and counting. Alice McDermott is an insightful and brilliant observer of the passing parade, and her prose is simply a delight to encounter. Books like Charming Billy, After This, Someone, or her most recent novel, The Ninth Hour have afforded her readers some of the most enjoyable and enlightening experiences available in modern fiction. Alice McDermott has long been revered as a teacher of writing as well, serving for many years on the faculties of theJohns Hopkins Writing Seminars and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Her latest book is a work of non-fiction, in which she proffers what might be dubbed a Bill of Rights for readers, and a How-To Guide for writers. It is a celebration of great writing, and an investigation into what makes great writing, great. It's called What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Alice McDermott joined us on our digital line from her home in Bethesda, Maryland. (Because our conversation was recorded earlier, we aren't able to take any calls or comments today.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's our favorite time of year here on the Commonweal Podcast. On this special episode, we revisit four of our best interviews from 2021: Phil Klay elucidates the complexities of modern warfare. Rita Ferrone explains how Catholic tradition evolves. Alice McDermott tells us what made her decide to become a writer. And Susannah Heschel describes how the spiritual legacy of her father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, can help us fight for social justice today. Listen to the full-length interviews here: ·     ‘War Without End,' with Phil Klay ·     ‘The Rite Stuff,' with Rita Ferrone ·     ‘Life Sentences,' with Alice McDermott ·     ‘Friend of God,' with Susannah Heschel

This week on Unorthodox, are we ready for a Better Bagel? Our guest is novelist Alice McDermott, whose latest book is What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. She tells us about her 1998 National Book Award-winning novel, Charming Billy, as well as her Catholic faith, relationship with the church, and what she misses now that she's no longer teaching. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at bit.ly/givetounorthodox. Send comments and questions to unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Tablet's 100 Most Jewish Foods book has been reimagined as a jigsaw puzzle, memory game, and sticker book, just in time for Hanukkah. Check out the whole set here. Sponsors: Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards recognize 15 extraordinary Jewish teenagers from across the United States with an award of $36,000 to honor their initiatives to help change the world. Nominate a teen by January 7 at dillerteenawards.org/unorthodox. AJWS supports more than 500 grassroots human rights organizations in 18 countries around the world. Made a twice matched donation today at AJWS.org/unorthodox. Spertus Institute's Certificate in Jewish Leadership is specifically geared to the particular needs of Jewish organizations. Find out more at spertus.edu/certificate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Creepy Cove Community Church! The only horror themed church service podcast that we know of...In tonights service Rupert our church administrator points out a most intriguing sight...a strange light from a crashed meteor which emits an impossible to describe colour out of space. What on earth could it be? Next we hear some exciting news about Damien Thorne's birthday party, and an invite for the church to make little balloon animals for his garden party. The balloons are all for you, Damien!We then have a very interesting interview with Laurie Strode, who tells us all about her psycho stalker Michael Myers. Is he a good ballroom dancer? Does he have reasonable body odour? Oh, we find out so much info...Alice McDermott, the pilot, pastor, padre shares our reading, then it's over to Jonty Langley from The Beer Christianity Podcast. He's our guest speaker and he shares some very helpful thoughts on dealing with the ups and downs of mental health. After a Babdook and Midnight Mass themed prayer time and meditation, we hand over to our musical guest, Christy Ringrose, who sings her haunting, Wicker Man style ballad, 'A Quarter of Your Dreams.' Find her on Spotify or Instagram or visit her website here, where you can sign up to her mailing list.  Finally, Peter and Rupert make a shocking discovery about Laurie Strode.Thanks for joining us at Creepy Cove. Do tell your friends, leave a review, or better yet, support us on Patreon. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/creepycove)

Tom's guest today is the acclaimed author, Alice McDermott. She is the winner of a National Book Award. Three of her novels have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, and she's garnered many other prizes and accolades in a career that has spanned 40 years, and counting. She's an insightful observer of the passing parade and her prose is a delight to encounter. Books like Charming Billy,After This, Someone, or her most recent novel, The Ninth Hour, have afforded readers some of the most enjoyable and enlightening experiences available in contemporary fiction. Alice McDermott has long been revered as a teacher of writing as well, serving for many years on the faculties of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Her latest book is a work of non-fiction, in which she proffers what might be dubbed a Bill of Rights for readers, and a how-to guide for writers. It is a celebration of great writing, and an investigation into what makes great writing, great. The book is called What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction.  Alice McDermott joins us on our digital line from her home in Bethesda, Maryland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In conversation with Danielle Evans Pulling the delicate threads of ''fear and vulnerability, joy and passion, the capacity for love and pain and grief'' (The Washington Post), Alice McDermott's fictional narratives explore intersecting stories of familial love, Irish American culture and assimilation, and the lessons of adulthood. Her novels include Someone; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; That Night; At Weddings and Wakes; and After This, all of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. For more than 20 years McDermott was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and on the Sewanee Writers Conference faculty. She has contributed writing to The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Times, among many other periodicals. In What About the Baby?, McDermott shares a collection of essays inspired from a lifetime of reading, writing, and teaching literature. Danielle Evans is the author of the story collections The Office of Historical Corrections and Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, winner of the PEN America PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Paterson Prize, and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 selection. She teaches in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. (recorded 9/20/2021)

Back in the innocent days of February 2020, host Mike Jordan Laskey sent a Twitter message to author Nick Ripatrazone in reply to a tweet Nick posted about reading the Graham Greene novel "The Power and the Glory" for Lent, which is something he does every year. What if we invited others to read along with us and talk about it online? Mike asked. Nick was up for it and the Jesuit Book Club was born. Since then, the Jesuit Book Club has hosted a series of live events featuring conversations with some of today's best authors who are rooted in the Catholic literary tradition, including Alice McDermott, Kirstin Valdez Quade and Phil Klay. For this summer's Jesuit Book Club selection, we read Nick's own most recent book, which is titled "Wild Belief: Poets and Prophets in the Wilderness." The book traces the theme of wilderness through the work of almost a dozen writers in creative and surprising ways. This time, instead of a live event, the Jesuit Book Club discussion is happening as an episode of AMDG. Mike and Nick discuss the work of three of the writers Nick focuses on in his book: Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Everson and Mary Oliver. Join us in October for our next book and live author event with a very special guest (Nick announces who it is during this episode!). If you can't wait that long, check out jesuits.org/bookclub to sign up for the virtual gathering.

(9/2/21) In her new book What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, bestselling novelist Alice McDermott assembles the pithiest wisdom about the act of writing that she has collected throughout her career as an acclaimed novelist and professor. Join us for musings on the art of creating great literature in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Alice McDermott discusses the madness in fiction and her new book, “What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction.”

For National Book Award winner Alice McDermott, being a writer is a lot like being a believer. You get used to uncertainty, and become comfortable living in the dark. On this episode McDermott, a frequent Commonweal contributor, shares a career's worth of insights on the art of fiction with managing editor Katie Daniels. She also recounts the moment when she realized she would be a writer, and discusses what a lifetime of working with words has taught her. For further reading: ·      Things, Alice McDermott ·      Confessions of a Reluctant Catholic, Alice McDermott ·      Nothing to be Done, Mollie Wilson O'Reilly

This week, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, acclaimed Irish-American writers Alice McDermott, Joseph O'Neill and Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall discuss their work, their approach to writing, and their shared Irish heritage. This program originally took place October 29th, 2020 and was recorded live over Zoom. Hear more immigrant and refugee writers [...]

This week, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, acclaimed Irish-American writers Alice McDermott, Joseph O'Neill and Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall discuss their work, their approach to writing, and their shared Irish heritage. This program originally took place October 29th, 2020 and was recorded live over Zoom. Hear more immigrant and refugee writers [...]

Pamela discusses her latest novel Older, writing a book that provides some humor during these troubling times, enjoying her novel Younger as a television show and having Sutton Foster cast in the show, writing about aging, and much more. Older can be purchased at Murder by the Book. Pamela’s 2 recommended reads are:The Exiles by Christina Baker KlineSomeone by Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is the author of the 2020 Centre County Reads selection Charming Billy. The book won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1998. Three of her books also have finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.McDermott was scheduled to visit the region in April, but her visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She took time to chat with us about what's she's been doing during the stay-at-home orders and, of course, about Charming Billy.Alice McDermott: https://www.alice-mcdermott.com/Centre County Reads: https://www.centrecountyreads.org/

The Centre County Reads committee has made its selection for Centre County Reads 2020 and it's Alice McDermott's National Book of the Year award-winner Charming Billy!We chat with three members of the Centre County Reads committee — Schlow's head of adult services Maria Burchill, retired teacher Ellen Coffman, and associate professor of English at Penn State and director of the Center for American Literary Studies Sean Goudie — to find out about the selection process and preview next year's Centre County Reads events.Centre County Reads: https://www.centrecountyreads.org/Center for American Literary Studies: https://cals.la.psu.edu/Alice McDermott: https://www.alice-mcdermott.com/

À propos du livre : "Capitaine" paru aux éditions Stock Le 24 mars 1941, le Capitaine-Paul-Lemerle quitte le port de Marseille, avec à son bord les réprouvés de la France de Vichy et d'une Europe en feu, les immigrés de l'Est et républicains espagnols en exil, les juifs et apatrides, les écrivains surréalistes et artistes décadents, les savants et affairistes. Temps du roman où l'on croise le long des côtes de la Méditerranée, puis de la haute mer, jusqu'en Martinique, André Breton et Claude Lévi-Strauss dialoguant, Anna Seghers, son manuscrit et ses enfants, Victor Serge, son fils et ses révolutions, Wifredo Lam, sa peinture, et tant d'inconnus, tant de trajectoires croisées, jetés là par les aléas de l'agonie et du hasard, de l'ombre à la lumière. Ce qu'Adrien Bosc ressuscite c'est un temps d'hier qui ressemble aussi à notre aujourd'hui. Un souvenir tel qu' il brille à l'instant d'un péril. Adrien Bosc est né en 1986 à Avignon. En 2014, il reçoit pour son premier roman, Constellation, le Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, ainsi que le Prix de la Vocation. Fondateur des éditions du sous-sol, il est par ailleurs éditeur au Seuil. Les coups de coeur de Barbara Lambert : Federica Ber  Mark Greene chez Grasset, et La Neuvième Heure de Alice McDermott chez Quai Voltaire

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Welcome the Child* for Sunday, 23 September 2018; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Ninth Hour* by Alice McDermott (2017); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Rachel Carson* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Observer* by Rainer Maria Rilke.

This program originally aired on October 24, 2017Tom’s guest today is Alice McDermott, the New York Times best-selling author of eight novels. Three of them, After This, At Weddings and Wakes and That Night, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Another novel, Charming Billy, won the National Book Award in 1998.Her eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, published in 2017 and available in paperback in September 2018, is a profound and moving contemplation on the big issues: love, family, faith, religion, and bringing meaning to one’s life. The story is told with tenderness and compassion, by an artist at the height of her creative and literary powers.Alice McDermott is the Richard A. Maksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. The author will read from her work at an event at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on November 29, 2018 at 6pm.

First Draft interview with Alice McDermott, author of The Ninth Hour

Alice McDermott is the author of eight novels, including National Book Award winner Charming Billy and The Ninth Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom’s guest today is Alice McDermott, the New York Times best-selling author of eight novels. Three of them, After This, At Weddings and Wakes and That Night, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Another novel, Charming Billy, won the National Book Award in 1998.Her eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, published last September, is a profound and moving contemplation on the big issues: love, family, faith, religion and bringing meaning to one’s life. The story is told with tenderness and compassion, by an artist at the height of her creative and literary powers. Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR and others have named The Ninth Hour one of the best novels of 2017. Listen to this archive edition of Midday, and you'll understand why.*This program originally aired on October 24, 2017.

The BookBully goes a bit crazy talking about new books she's read or is looking forward to reading. Let's just say her eyes are bigger than her reading capacity! BOOK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti   Brewster by Mark Slouka   The Secret History by Donna Tartt   The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews (yes, only one "t")   The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens   Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan   Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo   Commonwealth by Ann Patchett   Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi   Mary and O'Neil by Justin Cronin   A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton   The Turner House by Angela Flournoy   Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward   The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas   The Age of Perpetual Light by Josh Weil   The New Valley by Josh Weil   Don't I Know You by Marni Jackson   The Good Lord Bird by James McBride   Five-Carat Soul by James McBride   Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides   Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks   The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash   The Good People by Hannah Kent   Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan   The Power by Naomi Alderman   Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia   Here in Berlin by Cristina Garcia   Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor   The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs   A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney   What She Ate by Laura Shapiro   Ranger Games by Ben Blum   An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn   The Child Finder by Rene Tenfold   The Party by Elizabeth Day   White Bodies by Jane Robins   The Smack by Richard Lange   Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent   Ferocity by Nicola Lagioia   Me Before You by JoJo Moyes   Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman   Paradise City by Elizabeth Day   Sourdough by Robin Sloan   Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan   Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple   Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini   Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini   The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis   The Address by Fiona Davis   One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus   The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus   The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri   The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott   The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson   Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson

Tom’s guest today was Alice McDermott, the New York Times best-selling author of eight terrific novels. Three of them, After This, At Weddings and Wakes and That Night, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Another novel, Charming Billy, won the National Book Award in 1998. Her eighth novel, The Ninth Hour, published just last month, is a profound and moving contemplation on the big issues: love, family, faith, religion, and bringing meaning to one’s life. The story is told with tenderness and compassion, by an artist at the height of her creative and literary powers.Alice McDermott will read from her work at two events at Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Campus in Baltimore in the next few weeks. On Nov. 6 at 5:30 pm, she will talk about and sign The Ninth Hour. Click here for free tickets. On Nov. 28 at 6:00 pm, she and Katharine Noel will read from their work – part of the Hopkins President’s Reading Series. Click here for more information.

A conversation with National Book Award winning author Alice McDermott about her latest work, "The Ninth Hour." Then, a religious perspective on the symbolism behind "taking a knee."

April 22, 2013 | In this seventh event in Georgetown's Faith & Culture series, novelist Alice McDermott discussed her body of work, its sources in her Catholic faith and in the modern literary tradition, and her forthcoming novel, Someone. The Berkley Center's Paul Elie lead the conversation. Alice McDermott is an award-winning author and the Richard A. Macksey Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities at John Hopkins University. Her novels include: A Bigamist's Daughter (1982), That Night (1987), At Weddings and Wakes (1992), Charming Billy (1998), Child of My Heart (2002), and After This (2006). Her seventh novel, Someone, will be published in September. Paul Elie is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center and the moderator of the university's Faith & Culture lecture series, sponsored by the Office of the President. He is the author of two books: The Life You Save May Be Your Own (2003), a group portrait of four American Catholic writers, and Reinventing Bach (2012), an account of the transformation of Bach's music in our time by great musicians working with new technology. Both books were National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

Kathleen Donohoe drops by the Damn Library to talk about her book, Ashes of Fiery Weather, and all the historical disasters contained within, as well as her personal connections to Brooklyn. Surprise '98 National Book Award winner Charming Billy by Alice McDermott is also discussed, and parallels are unlocked, like funerals! and Bridies! 15 seconds of a song: Maria Taylor's "Irish Goodbye"     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 14, 2016. A session from DPLAfest 2016 dedicated to the state of writing in the digital age. What does it mean to write a book, digital or print or both? What new technologies and processes are re-defining the role of the author? Panelists will touch upon these questions and more during this exciting discussion between three prominent contemporary authors. Speaker Biography: After stints in the editorial departments of Houghton Mifflin, the Knopf group, and Little Brown, Sarah Burnes became an agent in 2001. Joining The Gernert Company in 2005, she now represents adult fiction writers (Alice McDermott and Tony Earley among them), children's fiction writers (New York Times bestsellers Margaret Stohl and Pseudonymous Bosch), and journalists and critics (New York Times Magazine contributor Jon Gertner and Freeman's John Freeman). Speaker Biography: Virginia Heffernan writes about digital culture for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Mother Jones, and The New Yorker. Her essays on digitization are regularly anthologized. Her new book, "Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art," will be published in June by Simon & Schuster. She works as an editorial strategist for startups and venture capital firms. Speaker Biography: Craig Mod is a writer and designer who splits his time between Tokyo and New York. Previously a product designer at Flipboard, he is also a TechFellow award recipient and a 2011/2012 MacDowell writing fellow. He is currently an advisor for Medium and Japan-based SmartNews. He has written for The Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine, Aeon, Virginia Quarterly Review, New Scientist, Contents Magazine, Codex Journal of Typography and other publications. He is the co-author of "Art Space Tokyo" and the Japanese essay collection, "Bokura no Jidai no Hon" ("The Books of our Generation"). Speaker Biography: Robin Sloan grew up near Detroit and went to school at Michigan State, where he studied economics and co-founded a literary magazine called Oats. Between 2002 and 2012, he worked at Poynter, Current TV, and Twitter. He is the author of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore," which started as a short story and is now a full-length novel. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7261

Alice McDermott is the author of seven novels including National Book Award Winner Charming Billy and three Pulitzer Prize finalists: After This, That Night and At Weddings and Wakes. She is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities. She has a BA from SUNY Oswego and an MA from University of New Hampshire. Her new novel is Someone.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 30, 2014. Alice McDermott appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Writer and university professor Alice McDermott won the National Book Award for her 1998 novel, "Charming Billy." McDermott is the Johns Hopkins Richard A. Mackery Professor of the Humanities. Her 2006 novel, "After This," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her new novel, "Someone," (Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Macmillan), has received universal praise for its plain-spoken yet poignant prose. The New York Times called the book "quietly exquisite. ... a fine-tuned, beautiful book filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death." or transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6382

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Stoning of Stephen: What's So Special About The First Christian Martyr?* for Sunday, 18 May 2014; book review: *Someone: A Novel* by Alice McDermott (2013); film review: *Dirty Wars* (2013); poem review: *Suspended* by Denise Levertov.

Mary Kay Zuravleff appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Washington, D.C., resident Mary Kay Zuravleff is receiving rave reviews for her latest novel, "Man Alive!" She has been on the faculties of Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University and the University of Maryland. "Man Alive!" is vividly alive and breathing. A sparkling book," said National Book Award winner Alice McDermott. Zuravleff is on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundatioon and has received the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. For transcript, captions and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6121

Alice McDermott once felt a fear that her new novel would be seen as just another of her perfect Irish American novels. Instead it leaps from the page.

Audio Podcast of Introduction, Scripture Readings and Sermon, led by Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is a writer who believes in loading each facet of her work with resonance and significance, while composing an accessible, highly readable narrative.

An unusually tender conversation with Alice McDermott about grace, imagined here as the act of putting others before oneself...

Alice McDermott's prose captures the suburban Irish-American family. How does her dense, constricted, complex writing-style reflect the lives of these everyday folk?

Author Alice McDermott discusses her darkly-tender, Irish-Catholic family novel--its structure and its meaning.