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SUMMARY:Dallas Museum Of Art Presents: Rebecca Makkai In conversation with Ben Fountain
DESCRIPTION:Location: Horchow Auditorium\n\n\n\n\n\nIn conversation with Ben Fountain\n\nI Have Some Questions for You by acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai is both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past. When successful film professor and podcaster Bodie Kane’s alma mater invites her back to campus to teach a two-week course\, she finds herself inexorably drawn to a case involving the 1995 murder of a classmate and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to get a conviction\, did the school and the police overlook other suspects?\n\nRebecca Makkai’s previous novel The Great Believers?was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal.?Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University and is Artistic Director of?StoryStudio Chicago.\n\n\n“A true literary thriller—haunting and hard to put down.” —Jennifer Egan\nTICKET PRICES \n\n\n\nHorchow seating??\n\n\nPublic:?$35\n\n\nDMA Member/Educator:?$30\n\n\nStudent:?$10\n\n\nThere is a virtual offering for this event. Please verify you are purchasing the correct ticket for the in-person or virtual option. Please contact A&LL staff if you would like assistance. We cannot guarantee in-person seats will be available for those who accidentally purchase virtual tickets.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/dallas-museum-of-art-presents-rebecca-makkai-in-conversation-with-ben-fountain/
LOCATION:Dallas Museum of Art\, 1717 N. Harwood St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Evening with Rebecca Makkai: I Have Some Questions For You
DESCRIPTION:Join New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Makkai for a live stream conversation on her new novel\, I Have Some Questions For You. Audience Q&A to follow.\n\n\nThis event is presented by Books & Books\, Midtown Scholar Bookstore\, Prairie Lights Books\, and Print: A Bookstore. To purchase a signed copy of Rebecca’s book\, please visit their websites.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/a-virtual-evening-with-rebecca-makkai-i-have-some-questions-for-you/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:WBEZ + Exile in Bookville Presents: Rebecca Makkai In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter
DESCRIPTION:WBEZ is proud to partner with Exile in Bookville for the release of I Have Some Questions for You\, by award-winning author Rebecca Makkai. She will be joined in conversation by Lindsay Hunter at the historic Apollo Theatre\, located in the heart of Lincoln Park. \nIn I Have Some Questions for You\, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one womans reckoning with her past\, with a trans?xing mystery at its heart. Timely\, hypnotic\, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters\, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive page-turner and a literary triumph. \nPre-order I Have Some Questions for You as an add-on to guarantee your copy today! \nCopies of the book can be pre-ordered directly from Exile in Bookville (with no service fees) and will also be available at the event. A book signing will follow the conversation. \nBios \nRebecca Makkai \nRebecca Makkai’s last novel\, The Great Believers\, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal\, the Stonewall Book Award\, the Clark Prize\, and the LA Times Book Prize; and it was one of the New York Times‘ Ten Best Books of 2018. Her other books are the novels The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House\, and the collection Music for Wartime—four stories from which appeared in The Best American Short Stories. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow\, Rebecca is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada University and Northwestern University\, and is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \nLindsay Hunter \nLindsay Hunter received her MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She co-founded and co-hosted the groundbreaking Quickies! reading series\, an event that focused on flash fiction. Her first book\, Daddy’s\, a collection of flash fiction\, was published in 2010 by Featherproof Books\, a boutique press in Chicago. Her second collection\, DON’T KISS ME\, was published by FSG Originals in 2013 and was named one of Amazon’s 10 Best Books of the Year: Short Stories. Her first novel\, Ugly Girls\, was published by Farrar\, Straus and Giroux in November 2014. The Huffington Post called it “a story that hits a note that’s been missing from the chorus of existing feminist literature.” Her latest novel\, Eat Only When You’re Hungry\, was a Book of the Month Club selection\, a finalist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award\, and a 2017 NPR Great Read. Along with the writer Alex Higley\, she runs the podcast I’m a Writer But\, a series about writers with kids\, jobs\, and/or lives\, and how they make it all work (or don’t). Lindsay’s fifth book\, a novel titled Hot Springs Drive\,is forthcoming on Roxane Gay Books in November 2023. She lives in Chicago with her family. \nCovid-19: Masks strongly encouraged. \nTickets to this event will be available for purchase onsite (cc only). \nNo Refunds
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/wbez-exile-in-bookville-presents-rebecca-makkai-in-conversation-with-lindsay-hunter/
LOCATION:The Apollo Theatre\, 2550 N Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, 60614\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live with Brookline Booksmith! Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Live and in person with Brookline Booksmith\, at Coolidge Corner Theatre! Celebrate the release of I Have Some Questions for You with author Rebecca Makkai.\n\nRegister for the event!\nThis event is ticketed. You may choose an entrance-only ticket\, or entrance plus a copy of I Have Some Questions for You.\nTicketholders will receive email updates with important details about the program\, including safety requirements\, cancellations\, and book signing updates.\n\nSigned books!\nThis event will include a live signing line after the talk.\nCan’t make it to the event? We can ship you a signed copy of the book! Pick “Reserve a book (USPS PRIORITY MAIL)” for this option.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/live-with-brookline-booksmith-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theatre\, 290 N Harvard St\, Brookline\, MA\, 02446\, United States
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SUMMARY:Literary at The Lounge With Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Evening’s Moderator: Lara Prescott\, bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept \nIn the riveting new novel from the author of The Great Believers (a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist)\, a woman must reckon with her past when new details surface about a tragedy at her elite New Hampshire boarding school. \nA successful film professor and podcaster\, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence\, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school\, and the 1995 murder of a classmate\, Thalia Keith. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer\, Omar Evans\, are the subject of intense fascination online\, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie. \nBut when The Granby School invites her back to teach a two-week course\, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid\, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if\, perhaps\, back in 1995\, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case. \nOne of the most acclaimed contemporary American writers\, Rebecca Makkai reinvents herself with each of her brilliant works of fiction. Both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination\, I Have Some Questions for You is her finest achievement yet. \nRebecca Makkai is the author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, andThe Borrower\, and the story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and received the Carnegie Medal and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, among other honors. \n\n\n\n\n\nPresenting Sponsor of Literary at The Lounge \n\n\n\n*Ticket Package includes a signed book (I Have Some Questions for You\, $28\, hardcover)\, reserved seat\, beverage\, author discussion\, audience Q+A\, and post-show meet-and-greet \nPrices shown when purchasing tickets online will include all applicable fees not shown here.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/literary-at-the-lounge-with-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:The Music Hall Lounge\, 131 Congress Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 03801\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Center for Fiction Presents: Rebecca Makkai on I Have Some Questions for You
DESCRIPTION:The Ticket/Voucher option includes a $10 Bookstore voucher\, redeemable toward the featured event book on the night of the event. All registrants will receive a link to livestream the event. \n\nPulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) joins The Center for Fiction for the launch of I Have Some Questions for You\, named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2023 by TIME\, NPR\, USA Today\, Elle\, Newsweek\, Salon\, Bustle\, and more. In this unforgettable novel\, film professor and podcaster Bodie Kane is content to forget her tragic past—including the murder of her former roommate\, Thalia Keith—until she is invited back to her old boarding school to teach a class. There\, she is inexorably drawn back to the allegedly solved murder case and its increasingly apparent flaws\, and falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid. Don’t miss Makkai’s discussion of her riveting\, character-driven investigation into collective memory with a trans?xing mystery at its heart.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/the-center-for-fiction-presents-rebecca-makkai-on-i-have-some-questions-for-you/
LOCATION:Center for Fiction\, 17 E. 47th St.\, NYC \, NY
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SUMMARY:Electric Lit Presents: The Craft of Covid in Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The dynamic\, unpredictable nature of the pandemic has forced novelists to become pundits\, predicting what the world will look like when their novels are published. \nThey also face unique craft challenges: how do masks affect dialogue\, character descriptions\, and scene? How do social distancing and quarantine warp relationship dynamics? \nRebecca Makkai chose to move the events of I Have Some Questions for You to 2018\, but still had to negotiate Covid protocol for courtroom scenes set in 2022. The protagonist of Weike Wang’s Joan Is Okay is an emergency room doctor in New York City; when Covid hit\, Wang revised the novel to feature overwhelmed hospitals. A deadly flu ravages the globe in Phase Six by Jim Shepard\, and the lessons of the Covid pandemic are in the distant past. \nThese three novelists will discuss the drafting and revision process of their novels and explain how they tackled the ever-changing question of how Covid should factor into their work.  Moderated by Halimah Marcus. \nThis year’s Masquerade of the Red Death is celebrating excellence in pandemic fiction with special guests and book giveaways at our party in Brooklyn on Friday\, October 21\, as well as related virtual salons. This salon is free for Masquerade ticket-holders*\, $10 for the general public\, and $5 for EL members. \n*Masquerade ticket holders will receive an email with a discount code to register for free.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/electric-lit-presents-the-craft-of-covid-in-fiction/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Exile in Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Anca L. Szilágyi and Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Join us IN PERSON on Thursday\, September 29 at 7 pm central to help celebrate the launch of Anca L. Szilágyi‘s second novel\, Dreams Under Glass.  Anca will be in conversation with Exile MVP Rebecca Makkai! \nAbout Dreams Under Glass:\nAn art school grad turned paralegal faces a shocking and surreal death at her law firm against a backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis in New York City. \n“A darkly delicious exploration of modern entrapment\, Dreams Under Glass is both a coming-of-age novel and a horror story about gluttony\, greed\, and art. Szilágyi binds the spell with confectionary precision and a collector’s sense of wonder and ceaseless want. This book rattles with its refraction of a world in which telling the truth might be the most difficult art.”\n-—Nancy Jooyoun Kim\, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee \n“Szilágyi’s sharp\, wry prose captures millennial ennui and ambition alike in this sometimes-dark\, sometimes-electric\, completely fascinating novel.”\n-—Sonora Jha\, author of Foreign and How to Raise a Feminist Son \nAbout the authors: \nAnca L. Szilágyi is the author of Daughters of the Air (Lanternfish Press\, 2017)\, which Shelf Awareness called “a striking debut from a writer to watch\,” and Dreams Under Glass (Lanternfish Press\, 2022). Her writing appears in Orion Magazine\, Lilith Magazine\, and Los Angeles Review of Books\, among others. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Vermont Studio Center\, Artist Trust\, 4Culture\, Hugo House\, and Jack Straw Cultural Center\, among others. Originally from Brooklyn\, she has lived in Montreal\, Seattle\, and now Chicago\, where she teaches creative writing at StoryStudio Chicago and elsewhere. \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \nAbout the event:\nYou can purchase their books through the respective links or in store and Anca and Rebecca are happy to sign or personalize copies! If you can’t make it to the event\, signed copies will be available and we ship nationally! \nPlease note the following COVID protocols for those attending IN PERSON: \n\nAttendees must present a physical copy or a photo of their COVID-19 vaccine card along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID); or\nProvide a time-stamped printout\, photo\, or email of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event or a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken within 36 hours of the event\, along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID).\nAll persons must wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Fine Arts Building\, regardless of vaccination status in accordance with our current COVID policies\n\nPlease email us at books@exileinbookville.com or phone us at (312)-753-3154 if you have any questions or concerns.  \nClick here to register for free!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/exile-in-bookville-presents-authors-on-tap-anca-l-szilagyi-and-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Exile in Bookville\, 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor)\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:StoryStudio Chicago: StoryBoard Presents: Rebecca Makkai in Conversation with Terese Marie Mailhot\, Ingrid Rojas-Contreras\, Megan Stielstra\, Pablo Cartaya\, and Dan Chaon
DESCRIPTION:StoryBoard Kick Off!  \nMark you calendars for August 12 at 7 pm CT. StoryStudio Chicago Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai will be in conversation with five of the StoryBoard faculty members in webinar fashion on Zoom\, a conversation that will be free and open to the public!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/storystudio-chicago-storyboard-presents-rebecca-makkai-in-conversation-with-terese-marie-mailhot-ingrid-rojas-contreras-megan-stielstra-pablo-cartaya-and-dan-chaon/
LOCATION:Zoom info in ticket link
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SUMMARY:Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference: The Origins of The Original
DESCRIPTION:The Northwestern University Summer Writers’ Conference is back! This year\, the conference is entirely online again so you can join us from anywhere in the world. Details are forthcoming. In the meantime\, please save the dates! \nThe conference is hosted by the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies MA in Writing and  MFA in Prose and Poetry programs. \n\n\nJuly 9th\, 2022 11:00am – noon CST\nThe Origins of the Original\nFeaturing Rebecca Makkai \nFor writing to succeed\, it must be both well-executed and original. But when we sit down to write\, the first words\, scenes\, characters\, conflicts\, and settings we come up with are often the least original ones of which we’re capable. Digging past the obvious\, the stock (and even the products of the collective unconscious)\, we might finally arrive at stories that are strikingly new and memorable. In this class we’ll cover some key elements of originality — specificity\, idiosyncrasy\, complexity\, repetition\, and change — and talk about accessing them in both drafting and revision. While originality might seem intuitive\, or even a product of the writer’s personality\, it’s in fact a skill that can be sharpened. That’s what we’ll be doing.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/northwestern-summer-writers-conference-the-origins-of-the-original/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Exile In Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai\nFriday May 27 2022 7:00pm – 8:00pm\n\nJoin us IN PERSON or virtually on Friday\, May 27th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Steve Almond‘s new novel\, All the Secrets of the World.  Steve will be in conversation with Exile MVP Rebecca Makkai!\nSteve Almond is the author of a dozen books\, including “Candyfreak” and “Against Football\,” which were both on the New York Times’ Bestseller list for about four seconds.  He’s the recipient of an NEA grant for 2022 and teaches at Harvard and Wesleyan. His work has been published in the Best American Short Stories\, the Best American Mysteries\, and the New York Times Magazine. Fancy fancy. After 30 years of writing terrible novels\, he finally wrote one that doesn’t suck. All the Secrets of the World will be out in May. \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \nYou can purchase their books through the respective links and Steve and Rebecca are happy to sign or personalize copies! If you can’t make it to the event\, signed copies will be available and we ship nationally! \nPlease note the following COVID protocols for those attending IN PERSON: \n\nAttendees must present a physical copy or a photo of their COVID-19 vaccine card along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID); or\nProvide a time-stamped printout\, photo\, or email of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event or a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken within 36 hours of the event\, along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID).\nAll persons must wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Fine Arts Building\, regardless of vaccination status in accordance with our current COVID policies\n\nPlease email us at books@exileinbookville.com or phone us at (312)-753-3154 if you have any questions or concerns.  \nClick here to register for virtual event. \n*There is no need to register if you are attending in person!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/exile-in-bookville-presents-authors-on-tap-steve-almond-and-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Exile in Bookville\, 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor)\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:American Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:American Writers Festival\n\n\n\n\nMy Monticello: Jocelyn Johnson in conversation with Rebecca Makkai\nEvent Time: 11:30 a.m.\nEvent Location: Preston Bradley Hall\, Chicago Cultural Center\, 78 E. Washington\, Chicago IL \n\n\n\n\nThe inaugural American Writers Festival on May 15\, 2022 in Chicago coincides with the American Writers Museum’s fifth anniversary. The free literary festival will be held at four stages inside the Chicago Cultural Center and one stage at the American Writers Museum\, and feature more than 75 beloved contemporary authors\, artists and playwrights. Participating writers will address their perspectives on many of today’s most timely and controversial topics including immigration\, book censorship\, racism and equality through themes within their literature. \nAs a special bonus\, the AWM will waive museum admission fees on Sunday\, May 15 and Monday\, May 16 – AWM’s fifth anniversary – to encourage more people to experience the literary works of the greatest American writers. \n  \n 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/american-writers-festival/
LOCATION:Chicago Cultural Center\, 78 E. Washington\, Chicago\, IL
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SUMMARY:Ragdale Novel Affair 2022
DESCRIPTION:April 30\, 2022\, 5:30 PM at Shoreacres \nRagdale’s 14th Annual Novel Affair brings together acclaimed authors and guests for an evening of creativity and conversation in support of Ragdale\, the region’s most prominent artists residency community located in Lake Forest. The Saturday\, April 30 event\, held at Shoreacres\, begins with a cocktail reception followed by short presentations given by our featured writers/artists. The evening concludes with opportunities for guests to have books signed by featured guests. Books available for purchase by Lake Forest Book Store. \nIf you can’t attend\, but would like to support Ragdale\, you can DONATE HERE. \n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\n\nParticipants\nJessamine Chan\, author \nJonathan Eig\, journalist and biographer \nAlex Kotlowitz\, journalist\, author \nScott Lundius\, executive director\, The Morrison-Shearer Foundation \nSahar Mustafah\, author \nMelissa Ann Pinney\, photographer \nErika L. Sánchez \, poet \nNatasha Trethewey\, poet \nHost\nRebecca Makkai\, author
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/ragdale-novel-affair-2022/
LOCATION:Shoreacres\, 1601 Shore Acres Road\, Lake Bluff\, IL\, 60044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220430T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220430T160000
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SUMMARY:The Porch: The Origins of the Original with Visiting Writer Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:When we sit down to write\, the first words\, scenes\, characters\, conflicts\, and settings we come up with are often the least original ones of which we’re capable. Digging past the obvious\, the stock (and even the products of the collective unconscious)\, we might finally arrive at stories that are strikingly new and memorable. In this class we’ll cover some key elements of originality — specificity\, idiosyncrasy\, complexity\, repetition\, and change — and talk about accessing them both in drafting and revision.\n\n\nFor writing to succeed\, it must be both well-executed and original. While originality might seem intuitive\, or even a product of the writer’s personality\, it’s in fact a skill that can be sharpened. That’s what we’ll be doing. \nOnline Workshop Via Zoom \nSaturday\, April 30th\, 2022 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm CT \n$68 for members \n$75 for non members
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/the-porch-the-origins-of-the-original-with-visiting-writer-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220427T210000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20220415T191849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220415T191849Z
UID:2518-1651086000-1651093200@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:In-Person Event with Paul Holes / Unmasked
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin Anderson’s bookshop for an in-person event with Paul Holes\, the retired cold-case detective behind investigations into the Golden State Killer\, Jaycee Dugard\, and Laci Peterson cases\,  to discuss his new memoir Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases.  Paul will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Makkai. \nAfter a discussion by the author and a conversation partner\, fans will be welcome to join a live signing line to get their book autographed by the author.  COVID safety protocols will be followed. \nThis event will be held at Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College\, and pre-registration is required as space is limited.  \n  \nPlease read these COVID protection requirements carefully: \nMasks are required of all customers\, regardless of vaccination status\, and must remain properly covering the face for the entirety of the event. \nA ticket is required for all attendees\, attendance may be capped\, and seating may also be restricted in order to allow for social distancing. \nAnderson’s Bookshop\, the author\, and the publisher reserve the right to change the format of this event to a virtual one at any time if it becomes necessary.  A change in format will not entitle ticket holders to any refund. \nFailure to follow these guidelines and to treat all participants with courtesy and respect may result in your expulsion from the event. \n  \nPlease be advised that Anderson’s Bookshop assumes no responsibility or liability for any personal injury or other loss you may incur as a result of your decision to attend an event\, including the transmission of Covid-19 or related illnesses.  We expect that for the protection of everyone\, all applicable Covid related protocols will be followed.   \n  \nThank you for your understanding and cooperation! \nMore about the book: \nIn this memoir\, Paul Holes takes us through his memories of a storied career and provides an insider account of some of the most notorious cases in contemporary American history\, including the hunt for the Golden State Killer\, Laci Peterson’s murder\, and Jaycee Dugard’s kidnapping. This is also a revelatory profile of a complex man and what makes him tick: the drive to find closure for victims and their loved ones\, the inability to walk away from a challenge—even at the expense of his own happiness. Holes opens up the most intimate scenes of his life: his moments of self-doubt and the impact that detective work has had on his marriage. This is a story about the gritty truth of crime-solving when there are no flashbulbs and “case closed” headlines. It is the story of a man and his commitment to cases and people who might otherwise have been forgotten. \nAbout the author: \nIn 2018\, Paul Holes retired as a Cold Case Investigator after spending more than 27 years working in Contra Costa County in California’s Bay Area. Paul specialized in cold case and serial predator crimes\, lending his expertise to notable cases\, including the murder of Laci Peterson and the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard. Most prominently\, Paul’s career culminated with his identification of the Golden State Killer\, the most notorious and cunning serial predator in U.S. history. \n  \nSince the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo\, the Golden State Killer\, Holes has been very involved on the media side\, continuing to assist law enforcement and victims’ families with their unsolved cases through the television shows The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and America’s Most Wanted\, and with the podcast Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad. \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \n 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/in-person-event-with-paul-holes-unmasked/
LOCATION:Wentz Concert Hall\, 171 E Chicago Ave\, Naperville\, IL\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20220418T180503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T180503Z
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SUMMARY:Friends of the Bronxville Public Library Presents: Lan Samantha Changin conversation with Rebecca Makkai (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Lan Samantha Chang\, author of The Family Chao\,\nin conversation with\nRebecca Makkai\, author of The Great Believers \n\nThe Friends of the Bronxville Public Library (FOBPL) is pleased to host award-winning author Lan Samantha Chang\, who will discuss her new novel\, The Family Chao.  FOBPL is equally thrilled to host acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai to moderate this event. \nFor the recent MyHometownBronxville article\, click here.  \n\nThursday\, April 21\, 2022\n7:00-8:00 p.m. via Zoom \n\nThis event is free\, but registration is required. \nTo register\, please click here. \nRegistration closes on April 21\, 12:00 p.m.\n(Zoom link will be provided through Eventbrite Registration on April 21.) \n\nTHE FAMILY CHAO is an electrifying and devastating portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with trauma\, grief\, race\, love\, and longing. Brimming with comedy\, suspense\, and heartbreak\, Lan Samantha Chang’s masterpiece is one of the most ambitious novels about America in recent years. \nLan Samantha Chang is the award-winning author of a collection of short fiction\, Hunger\, and novels The Family Chao\, Inheritance and All is Forgotten\, Nothing is Lost.  A recent Berlin Prize Fellow\, she also has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.  Chang is the first Asian American and the first female director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Iowa City.  For more on Lan Samantha Chang and The Family Chao\, click here. \nModerator Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believerswas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors.  Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.  For more on Rebecca Makkai\, click here. \nSigned copies of The Family Chao are available for sale now at Womrath Bookshop.  \nThe FOBPL appreciates your donations.  Thank you! 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/friends-of-the-bronxville-public-library-presents-lan-samantha-changin-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai-zoom/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211206T200000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20211109T162824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T162824Z
UID:2506-1638817200-1638820800@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Authors on Tap: Lily King and Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Looking for the perfect gift idea for that avid and discerning reader on your holiday shopping list? Well call off the dogs\, because we have you covered. Exile in Bookville has the honor of hosting Lily King on Monday\, December 6th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate her debut short story collection\, Five Tuesdays in Winter.  This very special event will be held IN PERSON and virtually simulcast just a few floors above Exile in beautiful Curtiss Hall\, located on the 10th floor of the historic Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. Come for the breathtaking view\, stay for the event!  And if that wasn’t enough\, Lily will be in conversation with literary superstar and Exile VIP Rebecca Makkai!\n\nLily King is the award-winning author of five novels. Her most recent novel\, Writers & Lovers\, was published on March 3rd\, 2020\, and her first collection of short stories\, Five Tuesdays in Winter\, will be released on November 9\, 2021. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award\, The New England Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Euphoria was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review. It was included in TIME’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014\, as well as on Amazon\, NPR\, Entertainment Weekly\, Publishers Weekly\, and Salon’s Best Books of 2014. \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \nThis is a ticketed event for both in person and virtual. Each ticket comes with a signed copy of Lily’s new collection\, Five Tuesdays in Winter.  Please note\, in person tickets are limited to 100 guests.  \n\nClick here to register. \nPlease note the following COVID protocols for those attending IN PERSON: \n\nAttendees must present a physical copy or a photo of their COVID-19 vaccine card along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID); or\nProvide a time-stamped printout\, photo\, or email of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event or a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken within 36 hours of the event\, along with a valid photo ID (state\, government\, or school ID).\nAll persons must wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Fine Arts Building\, regardless of vaccination status in accordance with our current COVID policies.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/authors-on-tap-lily-king-and-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Exile in Bookville\, 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor)\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210930T180000
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CREATED:20210927T114344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T114708Z
UID:2498-1633024800-1633024800@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Joshua Ferris in conversation with Rebecca Makkai: A Calling for Charlie Barnes
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome New York Times bestselling author Joshua Ferris as he discusses his new novel\, A CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES. Ferris will be in conversation with bestselling author Rebecca Makkai.\nThis event is free and open to the public\, with registration. Signed\, first edition copies are available for purchase through the Midtown Scholar Bookstore.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER FOR FREE      BUY THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomeone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes\, and it doesn’t appear to be going well. Too often divorced\, discontent with life’s compromises and in a house he hates\, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would like out of his present circumstances and into the American dream. But when the twin calamities of the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along to compound his troubles\, his dreams dwindle further\, and an infinite past full of forking paths quickly tapers to a black dot.\nThen\, against all odds\, something goes right for a change: Charlie is granted a second act. With help from his storyteller son\, he surveys the facts of his life and finds his true calling where he least expects it—in a sacrifice that redounds with selflessness and love—at last becoming the man his son always knew he could be. \nA Calling for Charlie Barnes is a profound and tender portrait of a man whose desperate need to be loved is his downfall\, and a brutally funny account of how that love is ultimately earned. \n\n\nAbout the Authors:\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua Ferris is the author of three previous novels\, Then We Came to the End\, The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour\, and a collection of stories\, The Dinner Party. He was a finalist for the National Book Award\, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award\, and was named one of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” writers in 2010. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour won the Dylan Thomas Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker\, Granta\, and Best American Short Stories. He lives in New York.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Makkai latest novel\, The Great Believers\, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal\, the Stonewall Book Award\, the LA Times Book Prize\, the Clark Fiction Prize\, the Midwest Independent Booksellers Award\, and the Chicago Review of Books Award; and it was one of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of 2018. Her other books are the novels The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House\, and the collection Music for Wartime — four stories from which appeared in The Best American Short Stories. Rebecca is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University. She is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. Visit her at RebeccaMakkai.com or on twitter @rebeccamakkai.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/joshua-ferris-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai-a-calling-for-charlie-barnes/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T213000
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CREATED:20210519T165633Z
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Reading Like A Writer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays September 8th\, 15th\, 22nd\, and 29th join me to learn to read like a writer. In this discussion- and lecture-based class\, we’ll use short assigned texts to become stronger and more engaging writers. This workshop has four sessions.\n\n\n\n\nWe tend to read as readers and then write as writers\, missing out on many of the craft lessons we could be learning from the stories\, novels\, and memoirs we love. You might pause to admire a great line\, but when was the last time you took apart an author’s structure\, or charted out their use of tension\, or examined their scenes as units? \nIn this four-week class\, we’ll use short assigned texts as jumping-off points for craft talks about scene structure\, summary and exposition\, character interiority and exteriority\, and stakes. Most importantly\, we’ll learn how to read (and even watch movies) for craft so that we’ll never run out of free writing education. \nClass meetings will be discussion-and-lecture based; this is not a workshop class. Students will have access to an exclusive community to continue the discussion outside of class time\, sharing reading notes and recommendations. \n\n\n\nCourse Info: Wednesdays | Sep 8 – Sep 29 | 5pm PT / 8pm ET| 90 min | Limited to 20 participants\n\n\n\nPrice: $400.00 for all four sessions: September 8\, September 15\, September 22\, September 29\, 2021
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-reading-like-a-writer-4/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T213000
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CREATED:20210519T165537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T180328Z
UID:2453-1632340800-1632346200@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Reading Like A Writer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays September 8th\, 15th\, 22nd\, and 29th join me to learn to read like a writer. In this discussion- and lecture-based class\, we’ll use short assigned texts to become stronger and more engaging writers. This workshop has four sessions.\n\n\n\n\nWe tend to read as readers and then write as writers\, missing out on many of the craft lessons we could be learning from the stories\, novels\, and memoirs we love. You might pause to admire a great line\, but when was the last time you took apart an author’s structure\, or charted out their use of tension\, or examined their scenes as units? \nIn this four-week class\, we’ll use short assigned texts as jumping-off points for craft talks about scene structure\, summary and exposition\, character interiority and exteriority\, and stakes. Most importantly\, we’ll learn how to read (and even watch movies) for craft so that we’ll never run out of free writing education. \nClass meetings will be discussion-and-lecture based; this is not a workshop class. Students will have access to an exclusive community to continue the discussion outside of class time\, sharing reading notes and recommendations. \n\n\n\nCourse Info: Wednesdays | Sep 8 – Sep 29 | 5pm PT / 8pm ET| 90 min | Limited to 20 participants\n\n\n\nPrice: $400.00 for all four sessions: September 8\, September 15\, September 22\, September 29\, 2021
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-reading-like-a-writer-3/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T213000
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CREATED:20210519T165401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T180338Z
UID:2448-1631736000-1631741400@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Reading Like A Writer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays September 8th\, 15th\, 22nd\, and 29th join me to learn to read like a writer. In this discussion- and lecture-based class\, we’ll use short assigned texts to become stronger and more engaging writers. This workshop has four sessions.\n\n\n\n\nWe tend to read as readers and then write as writers\, missing out on many of the craft lessons we could be learning from the stories\, novels\, and memoirs we love. You might pause to admire a great line\, but when was the last time you took apart an author’s structure\, or charted out their use of tension\, or examined their scenes as units? \nIn this four-week class\, we’ll use short assigned texts as jumping-off points for craft talks about scene structure\, summary and exposition\, character interiority and exteriority\, and stakes. Most importantly\, we’ll learn how to read (and even watch movies) for craft so that we’ll never run out of free writing education. \nClass meetings will be discussion-and-lecture based; this is not a workshop class. Students will have access to an exclusive community to continue the discussion outside of class time\, sharing reading notes and recommendations. \n\n\n\nCourse Info: Wednesdays | Sep 8 – Sep 29 | 5pm PT / 8pm ET| 90 min | Limited to 20 participants\n\n\n\nPrice: $400.00 for all four sessions: September 8\, September 15\, September 22\, September 29\, 2021
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-reading-like-a-writer-2/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210908T213000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20210519T165051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T180316Z
UID:2446-1631131200-1631136600@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Reading Like A Writer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays September 8th\, 15th\, 22nd\, and 29th join me to learn to read like a writer. In this discussion- and lecture-based class\, we’ll use short assigned texts to become stronger and more engaging writers. This workshop has four sessions.\n\n\n\n\nWe tend to read as readers and then write as writers\, missing out on many of the craft lessons we could be learning from the stories\, novels\, and memoirs we love. You might pause to admire a great line\, but when was the last time you took apart an author’s structure\, or charted out their use of tension\, or examined their scenes as units? \nIn this four-week class\, we’ll use short assigned texts as jumping-off points for craft talks about scene structure\, summary and exposition\, character interiority and exteriority\, and stakes. Most importantly\, we’ll learn how to read (and even watch movies) for craft so that we’ll never run out of free writing education. \nClass meetings will be discussion-and-lecture based; this is not a workshop class. Students will have access to an exclusive community to continue the discussion outside of class time\, sharing reading notes and recommendations. \n\n\n\nCourse Info: Wednesdays | Sep 8 – Sep 29 | 5pm PT / 8pm ET| 90 min | Limited to 20 participants\n\n\n\nPrice: $400.00 for all four sessions: September 8\, September 15\, September 22\, September 29\, 2021
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-reading-like-a-writer/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210901T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210901T203000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20210831T103918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T103918Z
UID:2495-1630524600-1630528200@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Unabridged Books Presents: "The Talented Miss Farwell" Virtual Event with Emily Gray Tedrowe & Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the paperback release of The Talented Miss Farwell with author Emily Gray Tedrowe on Wednesday\, September 1st at 7:30 pm CDT! The author will be joined for a conversation by Rebecca Makkai!\nAbout the book: \nCatch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this “stylish” (New York Times Book Review) page-turner of greed and obsession\, survival and self-invention that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable female con artist. \nAt the end of the 1990s\, with the art market finally recovered from its disastrous collapse\, Miss Rebecca Farwell has made a killing at Christie’s in New York City\, selling a portion of her extraordinary art collection for a rumored 900 percent profit. Dressed in couture YSL\, drinking the finest champagne at trendy Balthazar\, Reba\, as she’s known\, is the picture of a wealthy art collector. To some\, the elusive Miss Farwell is a shark with outstanding business acumen. To others\, she’s a heartless capitalist whose only interest in art is how much she can make. \nBut a thousand miles from the Big Apple\, in the small town of Pierson\, Illinois\, Miss Farwell is someone else entirely–a quiet single woman known as Becky who still lives in her family’s farmhouse\, wears sensible shoes\, and works tirelessly as the town’s treasurer and controller. \nNo one understands the ins and outs of Pierson’s accounts better than Becky; she’s the last one in the office every night\, crunching the numbers. Somehow\, her neighbors marvel\, she always finds a way to get the struggling town just a little more money. What Pierson doesn’t see–and can never discover–is that much of that money is shifted into a separate account that she controls\, “borrowed” funds used to finance her art habit. Though she quietly repays Pierson when she can\, the business of art is cutthroat and unpredictable. \nBut as Reba Farwell’s deals get bigger and bigger\, Becky Farwell’s debt to Pierson spirals out of control. How long can the talented Miss Farwell continue to pull off her double life? \nAbout the author:\nEmily Gray Tedrowe is the Chicago-based author of three novels including The Talented Miss Farwell.\nPhoto Credt: Marion Ettlinger \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime.The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \n 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/unabridged-books-presents-the-talented-miss-farwell-virtual-event-with-emily-gray-tedrowe-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Unabridged Bookstore\, 3251 N. Broadway\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210831T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210831T220000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20210715T173054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T173054Z
UID:2472-1630432800-1630447200@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:OnWord 2021 | Annual Event to Support The American Writers Museum
DESCRIPTION:The American Writers Museum Presents: OnWord 2021 Annual Benefit \n\n\n\n\nThe American Writers Museum celebrates the breadth of American writing through interactive exhibits\, programming\, and educational activities that honor the past\, promote the present\, and inspire the future. Proceeds from OnWord2021 help support the American Writers Museum’s operations\, including its youth education program that inspires the next generation of writers through specially-designed on-site and online field trips\, games\, writing exercises\, and live programs with authors.\nThe program serves students in Chicago and nationwide – primarily from low-income communities – giving them the opportunity to learn about American writers and the writing process in exciting new ways. \n\nHost and Master of Ceremonies\nRebecca Makkai \nEvent Co-Chairs\nJohn W. Estey and Jane Irwin \nCultural and Civic Leader Honoree\nAWM Founder Malcolm O’Hagan \nPresenter of the Inspiration Award\nJenny Xie \nSpecial appearances by writers Scott Turow\, Alice McDermott\, Billy Collins\, Dana Gioia\, Tayari Jones\, Peter Sagal\, and more. \nSponsorships are available \nSeptember 2\, 2021\nOnline Live Celebration \nAn online event for supporters and members of the museum who cannot join us in person. This event will include highlights of the in-person event and special programming just for those who register to attend. \nMore information to come!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/onword-2021-annual-event-to-support-the-american-writers-museum/
LOCATION:Radisson Blu – Atlantic Ballroom\, 221 N. Columbus Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60601\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210826T200000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
CREATED:20210810T180902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T180924Z
UID:2490-1630004400-1630008000@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Exile in Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Nick Flynn and Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Authors on Tap: Nick Flynn and Rebecca Makkai\nThursday August 26\, 2021 | 7:00PM – 8:00PM CT\n\nJoin us on August 26th at 7:00pm to help celebrate the paperback release of Nick Flynn‘s memoir\, This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire.  Nick will be in conversation with Exile VIP Rebecca Makkai! \nNick Flynn is a writer\, playwright\, and poet. His most recent books are This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire (2020)\, a hybrid memoir\, and Stay: threads\, collaborations\, and conversations (2020)\, which documents twenty-five years of his collaborations with artists\, filmmakers\, and composers. He is also the author of five collections of poetry\, including I Will Destroy You (2019). He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Library of Congress\, and is on the creative writing faculty at the University of Houston. His acclaimed memoir\, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City\, was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro\, and has been translated into fifteen languages. \nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believerswas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College\nand Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.\nYou can purchase their books through the respective links and each book comes with a signed bookplate!\nThis is administered as a free event through Eventrbrite. Should you wish to donate to Exile in Bookville’s cause there is an option on the registration page. \nClick here to register for this free event!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/exile-in-bookville-presents-authors-on-tap-nick-flynn-and-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Exile in Bookville\, 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor)\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ragdale Ring 2021
DESCRIPTION:Ragdale welcomes guests to our campus for the third event of our 9th annual Ragdale Ring season. This event features accomplished and acclaimed performers and authors. \n\nMasks are recommended when outside\, and required when inside.\nMaintain social distance throughout your visit.\nBe respectful of others who may feel more apprehensive during this phase.\nDo not attend the event if you are sick.\n\nWe recommend that you bring: \n\nBlankets and chairs\nBug spray\nMasks\n\nRagdale will provide: \n\nUnopened beverages (see ticket add-ons)\nFree parking for Ragdale Ring performances is available in Lake Forest’s Oakwood lot\, on the corner of Oakwood and Deerpath. A shuttle van will run every 15 minutes from 5:30-9 PM. Metra riders may meet the shuttle in the Oakwood lot. Masks required on shuttle.\nContactless check-in.\nDedicated hand-sanitizing stations.\n\n\n\n\nDuring this event you will enjoy a dance performance from movement artists Kinnari Vora and Tuli Bera\, a Ragdale Talks conversation between authors Riva Lehrer and Rebecca Makkai\, and a music performance by the Darwin Noguera Latin Quartet. \n\n\n\nKinnari Vora is a dancer\, choreographer with a background rooted in Indian classical dance of Bharatanatyam\, Indian folk dances\, kalaripayattu martial arts. She has performed at the Uttarardh Dance Festival – India\, Embassy of India – Mexico City\, Detroit Dance City Festival\, Ragamala – World Music Festival\, Chicago Flamenco Festival\, Art Institute Chicago and toured to Vietnam\, Spain\, Portugal\, Greece\, Poland\, Italy and Israel. \nTuli Bera is a Bengali-American performance artist based in Chicago. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. She has worked with Ishti Collective\, A Canary Torsi\, Timothy Buckley\, Ayako Kato\, Aerial Dance Chicago\, Ashwaty Chennat\, and Laksha Dantran. She has co-produced the J E L L O performance series at Links hall and Elastic Arts. \nThe duo serves as Artistic Co-Chairs for Ishti Collective. They have created and performed at the Pivot Arts festival\, Millennium park\, Zhou B Art gallery\, Defibrillator Gallery\, Asian Festival Iowa\, the Delve Showcase\, Banks Performance Series and various Chicago Parks. \n\n\n\nRiva Lehrer is an artist\, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment\, sexuality\, or gender identity have long been stigmatized. \nMs. Lehrer’s work has been seen in venues including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian\, Yale University\, the United Nations\, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington\, DC\, the Arnot Museum\, the DeCordova Museum\, the Frye Museum\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, and the State of Illinois Museum. \nHer memoir\, Golem Girl\, will be published by the One World imprint of Penguin/Random House in October 2020. \n\n\n\nRebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, and The Borrower\, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize\, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \n\n\n\nNicaraguan born jazz pianist and composer\, Darwin Noguera is an emerging voice in the jazz and Latin idioms. With 3 albums as a leader\, commissioned works\, recordings as a sideman\, performances and masterclasses across the United States and the world\, Darwin is considered a rising star in the new generation of pianists. Darwin started formal classical training with Panamanian pianist Reinaldo Whyte in Miami\, where he grew up. Later Darwin studied at Horta Music Institute of Miami\, where he got the opportunity to make his debut with the Miami Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15. He transitioned to study jazz in his early 20’s and now moves swiftly through musical styles\, employing equal prowess in composition and jazz improvisation. \nDarwin Noguera – Piano \nPapo Santiago – Vocals & flute \nJonathan Wenzel – Drums \nBass – TBA \n\n\nAbout this year’s Ragdale Ring: \nWinner of the 2021 Ragdale Ring competition: Almost Studio’s “That’s a Wrap” \nAlmost Studio\, a design practice co-founded by Anthony Gagliardi (Syracuse University) and Dorian Booth (Yale School of Architecture) \, along with junior designer Isabella Calidonio Stechmann (Syracuse University)\, has won the 2021 Ragdale Ring Competition for their design\, “That’s a Wrap.” Their proposal is a contemporary interpretation of the original Ragdale Ring garden theatre designed by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1912. \n“The annual competition is now in its ninth year and continues to celebrate and further the field of architecture. “That’s a Wrap” is a timely and poignant solution to the questions posed for this year’s Ragdale Ring competition. With the pandemic still looming\, and the notion of artists presenting performative works at a venue that needed to be flexible in both physical structure and concept\, Almost Studio truly embraced the challenge with their interpretation of mobility. The range of projects this year is a testament to the relevance of the work of designers\, and we are honored to support the vision of this standout proposal.” – The 2021 Ragdale Ring Jury \n\n\n\nAlmost Studio: (L to R) Dorian Booth\, Isabella Calidonio Stechmann\, Anthony Gagliardi Photo: Jonathan Hokklö \n\n\n\n\nThe 2021 Ragdale Ring is sponsored by Syracuse University School of Architecture.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/ragdale-ring-2021/
LOCATION:Ragdale Foundation\, 1230 North Green Bay Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210804T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
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SUMMARY:Kate Reed Petty in conversation with Rebecca Makkai Virtual Event | True Story
DESCRIPTION:Ticketing \nThis free event will be streamed live on the Novel Neighbor’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Registration is optional\, but recommended. \nSigned bookplates are available with purchases made through the Novel Neighbor. You may buy a copy as an add-on with your free event registration. \nPlease note that we are not able to process international orders through Eventbrite. If you would like to order from outside the United States\, please email hello@thenovelneighbor.com. \nAbout TRUE STORY \n“A gripping\, ripped-from-headlines tale.” —People \n“Spellbinding.” —Megan Abbott\, The New York Times Book Review \nTracing the fifteen-year fallout of a toxic high school rumor\, a riveting\, astonishingly original debut novel about the power of stories—and who gets to tell them \n2015. A gifted and reclusive ghostwriter\, Alice Lovett makes a living helping other people tell their stories. But she is haunted by the one story she can’t tell: the story of\, as she puts it\, “the things that happened while I was asleep.” \n1999. Nick Brothers and his lacrosse teammates return for their senior year at their wealthy Maryland high school as the reigning state champions. They’re on top of the world—until two of his friends drive a passed-out girl home from of the team’s “legendary” parties\, and a rumor about what happened in the backseat spreads through the town like wildfire. \nThe boys deny the allegations\, and\, eventually\, the town moves on. But not everyone can. Nick descends into alcoholism\, and Alice builds a life in fits and starts\, underestimating herself and placing her trust in the wrong people. When she finally gets the opportunity to confront the past she can’t remember—but which has nevertheless shaped her life—will she take it? \nAn inventive and breathtaking exploration of a woman finding her voice in the wake of trauma\, True Story is part psychological thriller\, part fever dream\, and part timely comment on sexual assault\, power\, and the very nature of truth. Ingeniously constructed and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the final pages\, it marks the debut of a singular and daring new voice in fiction. \nAbout the Author \nKate Reed Petty has been recognized with a Narrative magazine 30 Below Award\, as well as grants and scholarships from the Robert Deutsch Foundation\, The Mount\, Bloedel Reserve\, and the Sewanee Writers Conference. Her short fiction has been published in Electric Literature\, American Short Fiction\, Blackbird\, Ambit\, Nat. Brut\, and Los Angeles Review of Books\, and she has a master of letters from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She lives in Baltimore.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/kate-reed-petty-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai-virtual-event-true-story/
LOCATION:CA
ORGANIZER;CN="The Novel Neighbor":MAILTO:hello@thenovelneighbor.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T130000
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SUMMARY:Hugo House Workshop: "Blind Date"
DESCRIPTION:This brainstorming workshop will explore the alchemy of combining seemingly disparate concepts into one narrative. We’ll each take our own unused\, unloved ideas and\, after we discuss the fine art of narrative matchmaking\, set them up together for a lifetime of happiness—or at least a few paragraphs of fun. In addition to something to write with\, bring whatever notebook or computer file contains your miscellaneous ideas. You’ll leave with the makings of several new pieces. \n\n\nDue to COVID-19\, all classes will take place online-either through Zoom or through Wet Ink\, Hugo House’s asynchronous learning platform. \n\nMember Price: $135 \nNon-Member Price: $150 \nMinimum Class Size: 10 / Maximum Class Size: 20
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/hugo-house-workshop-blind-date/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Avenue \, Seattle\, WA\, 98122
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T210000
DTSTAMP:20261105T162030
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SUMMARY:Society For The Study Of Midwestern Literature Celebrates Mark Twain Award Winners Marilynne Robinson and Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Marilynne Robinson and Rebecca Makkai\, winners of the 2020 and 2021 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature\, in conversation with Phil Christman\, author of Midwest Futures. (Free for current SSML members; open to non-members for a $5 registration fee.) \nSSML Members Register HERE \nNon-Members Register HERE
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/society-for-the-study-of-midwestern-literature-celebrates-mark-twain-award-winners-marilynne-robinson-and-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210610T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210610T180000
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SUMMARY:Lighthouse Lit Fest: Interiority Complex
DESCRIPTION:The great advantage of prose (over theater\, film\, and life) is that we’re privy to characters’ interior states. But how can a writer get thoughts and emotions across\, other than by stating them flat-out or by updating us constantly on breathing and heart rate? We’ll explore ways to use tangent\, gesture\, backstory\, action\, association\, and more to give characters a rich internal life without resorting to the old cardiopulmonary check-in. \nThis class accommodates 25+ writers.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lighthouse-lit-fest-interiority-complex/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Writers Workshop\, 3844 York St\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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