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Goodreads asked Beth Alvarado:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Beth Alvarado I was teaching a short story class and decided to try to imitate Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, and George Saunders all in one story. The result was an early draft of the first story, "The Dead Child Bride." I liked the characters I came up with and their voices kept speaking to me -- or spoke to me every now and then -- and so I kept writing stories.

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