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Mary McCarthy and her Life of "Writing Dangerously"

Book critic John Leonard reviews the new literary biography by Carol Brightman, which weaves together an exhaustive amount of material collected up to the day of McCarthy's death.

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Other segments from the episode on November 23, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 23, 1992: Interview with Alicia Partnoy; Interview with David Feingold; Review of Carol Brightman's book "Writing Dangerously."

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