Irish-American Writers
Alice McDermott
In her fiction, Alice McDermott has drawn from her family's Irish-Catholic background, creating working class characters, often in New York City, who struggle with faith, alcohol, and real life versus their dreams. In an interview after winning the National Book Award for her novel Charming Billy, McDermott said, "Being Irish-American myself, Irish-American material is readily at hand to me. I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase."
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