SOURCE: "Alice McDermott," in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 239, No. 16, March 30, 1992, pp. 85-6.
An American editor, Smith is the author of the 1990 Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931–1940. In the following essay, based in part on conversations with McDermott, she provides an overview of McDermott's career as well as her insights into the writing process.
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