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SUMMARY:Lighthouse Lit Fest Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The Arc Of Story\, The Architecture Of Plot With Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:No one’s ever going to force you to write a traditional plot arc\, but the tools of narrative momentum—cause and effect\, development\, change\, stakes\, suspense—should be in every writer’s tool kit\, if only so we know what to rebel against. We’ll workshop student fiction in this light—focusing on arc\, on shape\, on plot or the intentional lack thereof—asking\, in every case\, what moves the story along\, and how it earns and keeps its audience. \nAccepted participants will submit up to 20 pages of fiction by May 10\, either a complete short story or a section of a novel\, and will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Rebecca during the week of class. \nPriority applications for Lit Fest Advanced Workshops close at midnight MT on March 13. Accepted applicants will be notified and able to register for this workshop in early April. Apply here and learn more about Lit Fest here. \n  \nSTART DATE: Mon\, Jun 07\, 2021 | 9:00am – 11:30am MDT \nEND DATE: Fri\, Jun 11\, 2021 | 9:00am – 11:30am MDT \nVENUE: Zoom: Remote Participation\nLEVEL: Advanced
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lighthouse-lit-fest-advanced-weeklong-fiction-workshop-the-arc-of-story-the-architecture-of-plot-with-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Writers Workshop\, 3844 York St\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Miami Book Fair Presents: Get Your Story Off the Ground with Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, May 3 – 24 (4 weeks)\n8 – 9:30 p.m. EST | Online via Google Meet  |  Register to receive link \n\nThere are decisions we make (about entry point\, tone\, point of view\, conflict\, stakes\, and more) in our opening pages that set us up for stories that practically write themselves\, or for ones that are bound to run quickly out of steam. \nIn this four-week class\, we will examine and edit student work (on a volunteer basis) in class\, helping bring the potential in each piece to the fore as early as possible. We will also study some masterful published first pages to see what works\, and we’ll geek out about arc\, momentum\, and language\, winding up with concrete takeaways\, writing exercises\, and strategies for revision. \nThis class is appropriate for anyone writing creative prose (fiction or nonfiction)\, and for students of all levels and backgrounds. \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \n\nScholarships Available for MDC Students\nMiami Book Fair is offering two (2) full-tuition scholarship for MDC students interested in attending the above-listed creative writing workshop. Applicants must be currently-enrolled\, (full time or part time) degree-seeking Miami Dade College students with a demonstrated financial need. \nTo Apply for a Scholarship:\nScholarship application due 3 business days before workshop starts (Due Tuesday\, April 27\, 11:59 p.m. EST) \nPlease send an email to Marci Cancio-Bello\, Miami Book Fair programs coordinator at mcanciob@mdc.edu before the start of the workshop you would like to attend. The message must include your contact information\, the title of the workshop you’d like to take\, a short statement of financial need\, your MDC class schedule\, and a writing sample. First-time writers who lack a writing sample should submit a statement explaining their interest in the workshop.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/miami-book-fair-presents-get-your-story-off-the-ground-with-rebecca-makkai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210429T190000
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SUMMARY:StoryStudio Chicago Storyball - Stories Matter Foundation Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! Stories Matter Foundation’s first ever fundraising event will be online over Zoom on Thursday\, April 29 at 7pm Central. \nWe’ll have more details soon\, including silent auction items\, special guests\, and award recipients. For now\, pencil us in!
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/storystudio-chicago-storyball-stories-matter-foundation-fundraiser/
LOCATION:StoryStudio Chicago\, 4043 N. Ravenswood\, #222\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character-Building
DESCRIPTION:Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution. This event has four sessions.\n\n\nE. M. Forster wrote that “incident springs out of character\, and having occurred it alters that character.” How do we create characters who will both cause interesting things to happen and be changed by their world? How do we get a whole lifetime across without an awkward backstory dump? What differences should we consider when crafting characters for novels versus short stories? How can a memoirist get real-life characters onto the page? \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. \nIn each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution.) There will be discussion of what we’re writing and what we’re reading\, but sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons. Because you won’t be workshopping each other\, this class will be a friendly and challenging learning environment for writers at all levels of education and experience. \n?After the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. \nDetails\nMondays: April 5 – April 26\, 2021\n\n\n5pm PT / 8pm ET – 90 min\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants\n\n\n\n$500.00 for all four sessions\n\n\n\nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund. \nWritten feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-this-will-be-character-building-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210419T203000
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character-Building
DESCRIPTION:Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution. This event has four sessions.\n\n\nE. M. Forster wrote that “incident springs out of character\, and having occurred it alters that character.” How do we create characters who will both cause interesting things to happen and be changed by their world? How do we get a whole lifetime across without an awkward backstory dump? What differences should we consider when crafting characters for novels versus short stories? How can a memoirist get real-life characters onto the page? \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. \nIn each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution.) There will be discussion of what we’re writing and what we’re reading\, but sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons. Because you won’t be workshopping each other\, this class will be a friendly and challenging learning environment for writers at all levels of education and experience. \n?After the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. \nDetails\nMondays: April 5 – April 26\, 2021\n\n\n5pm PT / 8pm ET – 90 min\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants\n\n\n\n$500.00 for all four sessions\n\n\n\nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund. \nWritten feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-this-will-be-character-building-3/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210420
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-9/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210415
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210412T203000
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character Building
DESCRIPTION:Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution. This event has four sessions.\n\n\nE. M. Forster wrote that “incident springs out of character\, and having occurred it alters that character.” How do we create characters who will both cause interesting things to happen and be changed by their world? How do we get a whole lifetime across without an awkward backstory dump? What differences should we consider when crafting characters for novels versus short stories? How can a memoirist get real-life characters onto the page? \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. \nIn each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution.) There will be discussion of what we’re writing and what we’re reading\, but sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons. Because you won’t be workshopping each other\, this class will be a friendly and challenging learning environment for writers at all levels of education and experience. \n?After the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. \nDetails\nMondays: April 5 – April 26\, 2021\n\n\n5pm PT / 8pm ET – 90 min\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants\n\n\n\n$500.00 for all four sessions\n\n\n\nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund. \nWritten feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-this-will-be-character-building-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210410
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210408T130000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
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SUMMARY:Loyola University Chicago 2021  Humanities Forum: Reflections on the Early days of the AIDS Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Join our distinguished panel as they reflect on the early days of another pandemic that left lasting impacts on society: the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Our panelists will reflect on their experiences as caregivers\, activists/ advocates\, and authors when this disease first appeared as a medical mystery and discuss how its course sparked social\, political\, and cultural change. Loyola’s Mark Kuczewski\, PhD\, and Gail Hendler\, MLS\, will moderate. \nRebecca Makkai\, MA\nHer 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. She is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University and is the Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \nPaul O’Keefe\, MD\nPaul O’Keefe completed his MD at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1971. He joined the Stritch faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1977 and established the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine. During\nhis time at Stritch\, he partnered with the Cook County Department of Public Health to establish the Maywood Clinic. The clinic continues to operate at the Maywood outpatient facility and is now known as Access to Care. \nMK Czerwiec\, RN\, MA\nMK Czerwiec is a nurse\, cartoonist\, educator\, and co-founder of Graphic Medicine. She is the author of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371. She also co-authored the Graphic Medicine Manifesto in 2014. Her latest book\, Menopause: A Comic Treatment\, was released in May 2020
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/loyola-university-chicago-2021-humanities-forum-reflections-on-the-early-days-of-the-aids-pandemic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210405T203000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210303T203844Z
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: This Will Be Character-Building
DESCRIPTION:Join Rebecca Makkai for an intimate workshop designed to help you write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft: backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution. This event has four sessions.\n\n\nE. M. Forster wrote that “incident springs out of character\, and having occurred it alters that character.” How do we create characters who will both cause interesting things to happen and be changed by their world? How do we get a whole lifetime across without an awkward backstory dump? What differences should we consider when crafting characters for novels versus short stories? How can a memoirist get real-life characters onto the page? \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel or memoir — or to continue work on one in progress. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. \nIn each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on backstory\, motivation\, dialogue\, and character evolution.) There will be discussion of what we’re writing and what we’re reading\, but sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons. Because you won’t be workshopping each other\, this class will be a friendly and challenging learning environment for writers at all levels of education and experience. \n?After the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. \nDetails\nMondays: April 5 – April 26\, 2021\n\n\n5pm PT / 8pm ET – 90 min\n\n\nLimited to 15 participants\n\n\n\n$500.00 for all four sessions\n\n\n\nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund. \nWritten feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-this-will-be-character-building/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210401T193000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
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SUMMARY:Chicago Literary Alliance Presents: One For The Books
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the first two weeks of April\, enjoy a variety of virtual events presented by The Chicago Literary Alliance that celebrate the many ways we use the tools of literacy. Take part in an online silent auction featuring unique and rare books\, as well as items for your home. One For The Books is a series of events fundraising to benefit The Chicago Literary Alliance \nJoin us on Thursday\, April 1 at 6 PM for a conversation with Rebecca Makkai to discuss her work\, her creative process\, and her view of a literate Chicago. Zoom links will be sent to all ticket holders closer to the event.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/chicago-literary-alliance-presents-one-for-the-books/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210402
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T193300Z
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210325T200000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210309T192244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T155013Z
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SUMMARY:Ellen Stone Belic Presents: In Her Infinite Wisdom Joyce Carol Oates: The (Other) You In Conversation With Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Part of the 2021 Chicago Humanities Festival\n \nIn her latest short story collection The (Other) You Joyce Carol Oates ponders who her characters might have become if they’d chosen different paths. Through the imaginations of her contemplative protagonists\, Oates—author of contemporary classic novels like We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde—deftly detangles the complex circumstances that dictate who we turn out to be. Join Oates and Rebecca Makkai\, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Great Believers\, for a discussion of destiny\, alternative realities\, and our other selves. \n\nGeneral Audience tickets are $$35\, which includes access to the virtual event and a signed copy of The (Other) You directly to your door (U.S. addresses only). ALL tickets must be purchased online via Seminary Co-op directly. Phone orders or email requests cannot be accepted.\nThis program is free to watch for CHF members at the Friends level ($125) and up\, no need to register. These members will be emailed a link to enjoy the program on the event date. Books are available for purchase.\nPlease note: this event will be livestreamed on March 25th at 7pm central time and registered guests will have a period of 7 days to enjoy the program.\nRegistered guests will receive a link to watch the program from the Chicago Humanities Festival via email on the day of the event at the email address you used to make your purchase.\nAll CHF’s virtual events have closed captions. To request another accessible accommodation\, such as ASL interpretation or audio description\, please reach out to us at access@chicagohumanities.org. We will do our best to accommodate late requests\, but to ensure a service provider is available\, please try to make your request at least 2 weeks out from the event date.\nIf you have questions about the virtual event\, please contact the Chicago Humanities Festival.\nThis event will be livestreamed with a live Q+A.\n\nThis program is generously underwritten by Ellen Stone Belic. \n*Special note about registration: To improve your experience on our website\, we are currently building a new ticketing system. In the meantime\, you’ll notice different ways of registering for upcoming winter events. We know this can be confusing and we appreciate your patience as we build a better platform. Please reach out to tickets@chicagohumanities.org with any questions–we have a small staff and promise to reply as soon as we can! \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:\n\n\n\nBooks will be shipped to registered guests within 7-10 business days of the event. Please be patient as you may be affected by general shipping delays occurring nationwide.\nBook purchases include shipping to U.S. addresses only.\nIf you have any questions about Seminary Co-op book fulfillment\, please contact Seminary.\nThe Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores\, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/ellen-stone-belic-presents-in-her-infinite-wisdom-joyce-carol-oates-the-other-you-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210326
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T193155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T193155Z
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210319
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T193017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T193017Z
UID:2359-1616025600-1616111999@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210312T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210312T200000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T195618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T195656Z
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SUMMARY:Magic City Books Presents: Virtual Event – Kevin Brockmeier In Conversation with Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Magic City Books is proud to welcome Kevin Brockmeier for a virtual author event in celebration of his new collection of stories\, The Ghost Variations.  \nThe author of the acclaimed novel The Brief History of the Dead now gives us one hundred funny\, poignant\, scary\, and thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife. These tales are by turns playful\, chilling\, and philosophical\, paying homage to the genre while audaciously subverting expectations. The ghosts in these pages are certain to haunt you well after you’ve closed the book. \nKevin will be joined in conversation by Rebecca Makkai\, author of The Great Believers. \nThis free event will be hosted on the Zoom platform and Facebook Live. To register in advance for the Zoom event visit: https://magiccitybooks.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YUhZ3OLOR1arH2OuetXH7g. \nAfter you register you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event on Friday\, March 12. \nThe Ghost Variations will be published on March 9\, 2021. To pre-order a copy you can call Magic City Books\, 918-602-4452 or visit: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-ghost-variations/437. \nAbout The Ghost Variations\nGhost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here\, in tales that are by turn scary\, funny\, philosophic\, and touching\, you’ll find that question sharpened\, split\, reconsidered–and met with a multitude of answers. \nA spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love\, ghostly trees that haunt the occupant of a wooden house\, specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows\, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead: these are just a few of the characters in this extraordinary compendium of one hundred ghost stories. Kevin Brockmeier’s fiction has always explored the space between the fantastical and the everyday with profundity and poignancy. As in his previous books\, The Ghost Variations discovers new ways of looking at who we are and what matters to us\, exploring how mysterious\, sad\, strange\, and comical it is to be alive–or\, as it happens\, not to be. \nKEVIN BROCKMEIER is the author of the memoir A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip; the novels The Illumination\, The Brief History of the Dead\, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections The Ghost Variations\, Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; and the children’s novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Little Rock\, Arkansas\, where he was raised.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/magic-city-books-presents-virtual-event-kevin-brockmeier-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Magic City Books\, 221 E. Archer St.\, Tulsa\, OK\, 74103\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210312
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T192907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T192907Z
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SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T210000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210226T190504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T190727Z
UID:2396-1614888000-1614891600@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Unabridged Bookstore Presents: Zak Salih's Virtual Tour for "LET'S GET BACK TO THE PARTY" in conversation with Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:It is 2015\, weeks after the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling\, and all Sebastian Mote wants is to settle down. A high school art history teacher\, newly single and desperately lonely\, he envies his queer students their freedom to live openly the youth he lost to fear and shame. \nWhen he runs into his childhood friend Oscar Burnham at a wedding in Washington\, D.C.\, he can’t help but see it as a second chance. Now thirty-five\, the men haven’t seen each other in more than a decade. But Oscar has no interest in their shared history\, nor in the sense of be­longing Sebastian craves. Instead\, he’s outraged by what he sees as the death of gay culture: bars overrun with bachelorette parties\, friends cou­pling off and having babies. For Oscar\, confor­mity isn’t peace\, it’s surrender. \nWhile Oscar and Sebastian struggle to find their place in a rapidly changing world\, each is drawn into a cross-generational friendship that treads the line between envy and obsession: Se­bastian with one of his students\, Oscar with an older icon of the AIDS era. And as they collide again and again\, both men must reckon not just with one another but with themselves. \nZak Salih lives in Washington\, D.C. His writing has appeared in Crazyhorse\, the Chattahoochee Review\, the Millions\, the Rumpus\, and other publications. This is his first novel. \nRebecca Makkai will be joining Zak Salih to celebrate the release of Let’s Get Back To The Party. \nTo participate in this virtual event\, sign up here. To purchase Let’s Get Back to the Party\, begin an order here.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/unabridged-bookstore-presents-zach-salihs-virtual-tour-for-lets-get-back-to-the-party-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Unabridged Bookstore\, 3251 N. Broadway\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210305
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T192713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T192713Z
UID:2355-1614816000-1614902399@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210226
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210216T001135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T192402Z
UID:2346-1614211200-1614297599@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Gorton’s Masterclass Series: Rebecca Makkai - A Local Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:This event is virtual\n“A Local Writing Life”: Local author Rebecca Makkai has achieved national prominence\, most recently with her novel The Great Believers — a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal. Makkai was born and raised in Lake Bluff\, and has lived her adult life in Lake Forest. She will talk with Barry Benson\, Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, about living as a professional writer in Lake Forest\, coming of age in the community\, sustaining a life in the arts\, and the connections of her four books to both the North Shore and Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Makkai’s 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. \nBarry Benson is the Interim Executive Director of the Ragdale Foundation\, a nonprofit artists’ community located on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Nearly 200 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types\, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists’ communities in the country. Ragdale residents represent a cross-section of ages\, cultures\, experience\, and mediums\, for a diverse and vibrant community. \nBy purchasing a ticket\, you will receive a link to the masterclass which will be released February 25th and sales will run through April 9th.  The link is yours to watch at your convenience. \n($25 tickets/$10 for students)
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/gortons-masterclass-series-rebecca-makkai-a-local-writing-life/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210224T200000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210222T192212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T192212Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Launch: THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE by Julia Fine In Conversation With Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Women & Children First’s Crowdcast Channel for the virtual launch celebration for The Upstairs House by Julia Fine! For this event\, Fine will be in conversation with Rebecca Makkai. \nREGISTER HERE \nRavaged and sore from giving birth to her first child\, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained\, she’s also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation—a thesis on mid-century children’s literature. \nEnter a new upstairs neighbor: the ghost of quixotic children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown—author of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon—whose existence no one else will acknowledge. It seems Margaret has unfinished business with her former lover\, the once-famous socialite and actress Michael Strange\, and is determined to draw Megan into the fray. As Michael joins the haunting\, Megan finds herself caught in the wake of a supernatural power struggle—and until she can find a way to quiet these spirits\, she and her newborn daughter are in terrible danger. \nUsing Megan’s postpartum haunting as a powerful metaphor for a woman’s fraught relationship with her body and mind\, Julia Fine once again delivers an imaginative and “barely restrained\, careful musing on female desire\, loneliness\, and hereditary inheritances” (Washington Post). \nJulia Fine is the author of the critically acclaimed What Should Be Wild\, which was shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Superior First Novel Award and the Chicago Review of Books Award. She teaches writing in Chicago\, where she lives with her husband and son. \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. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, February 24\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nVirtual via Crowdcast
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/virtual-book-launch-the-upstairs-house-by-julia-fine-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai/
LOCATION:Women & Children First\, 5233 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210216T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210216T210000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210113T161802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210113T161802Z
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SUMMARY:PEN Out Loud: Brandon Hobson with Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:Flash sale until January 27! Use the code WINTERPOL for 50 percent off General Admission tickets.\nThe first 350 Admission With Book tickets will include a bookplate.\n \nNational Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson joins PEN Out Loud to celebrate his latest novel\, The Removed. Weaving together multiple first-person narrators and Cherokee folklore\, the novel tells the story of a Cherokee family 15 years after an unjust police shooting of one of the family’s three children. Hobson will be joined in conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Makkai to discuss the novel and its “meditation on family\, grief\, home\, and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level.” \nThis digital event will start at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. \nPresented in collaboration with Strand Book Store and Scripps Presents. \n \nASL interpretive services are provided by ProBono ASL. \n  \nPEN Out Loud focuses on amplifying diverse voices and convening vital conversations with authors\, poets\, journalists\, artists\, and activists. \nThis winter\, these conversations shift our focus inward\, providing a necessary pause to examine who we once were\, who we are now\, and who we’d like to become. Following a fraught year in which we were challenged to reckon with our past\, confront our present\, and reimagine our future\, we turn to literature to engage our minds and reconnect with ourselves—physically\, mentally\, and emotionally. \nEach event this season explores the core of our humanity\, generously interrogating our understanding of—and capacity to experience—passion and desire\, grief and resilience\, nourishment and love\, reflection and hope. \n$20 General Admission*\n* Admission with books\, signed books\, and bookplates available at additional cost.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/pen-out-loud-brandon-hobson-with-rebecca-makkai/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210201T220000
DTSTAMP:20261105T164834
CREATED:20210112T210742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T192432Z
UID:2338-1612206000-1612216800@rebeccamakkai.com
SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Chutes and Ladders: Four Pitfalls (and Solutions!) for Writing Prose
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, February 1st\, 8th\, 15th\, & 22nd\, 5-8:00pm PT / 8-11:00pm ET \nJoin me for another digital workshop this February with Speakeasy! \nMost obstacles to writing are not psychological (writers’ block is a myth!) but structural. In narrative fiction\, it’s plot — cause and effect\, development\, change\, suspense — that propels us forward. And yet these things don’t happen by accident. There are common missteps that will tank a story or novel in its earliest pages\, and there are architectural solutions that will get us out of those traps. \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on story arc\, scene shape\, momentum\, and stakes.) Some participants might share relevant parts of their projects during these sessions to get feedback from Rebecca and the group\, but these sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons.? \nAfter the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. Written feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible. \nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-chutes-and-ladders-four-pitfalls-and-solutions-for-writing-prose-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201214T080000
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SUMMARY:StoryStudio Chicago Presents: The Geek-Out Book Club | Rebecca Makkai + Cristina Henriquez Discuss "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
DESCRIPTION:The Geek-Out is writers geeking out about literature\, plain and simple! One writer will make the other read something for the first time (in this case\, Rebecca made Cristina read Shirley Jackson’s legendarily unnerving “The Lottery”) and then for about an hour they talk together about craft\, impact\, what they loved\, what they didn’t. The audience is encouraged to read the piece too\, and participate via the chat box.\nThe event is a fundraiser for StoryStudio’s Doro Boehme scholarship fund\, benefiting writers working on book-length projects. If this first go is successful\, we hope to make The Geek-Out a regular series\, inviting your favorite writers to participate and discuss other legendary stories and books.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/storystudio-chicago-presents-the-geek-out-book-club-rebecca-makkai-cristina-henriquez-discuss-the-lottery-by-shirley-jackson/
LOCATION:StoryStudio Chicago\, 4043 N. Ravenswood\, #222\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T210000
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SUMMARY:2020 Is Over: A Variety With Booze Hacks\, Music\, Ribaldry\, Cobblers\, and More!
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the paperback launch of his book “The Riots I have Known”\, Ryan Chapman is hosting a digital variety show with Rough Draft Bar & Books on December 9th\, 2020 at 8pm ET. \nInstead of a reading\, let’s have a zoom party.  A loose version of “The Tonight Show\,” with booze tips for lockdown\, ribald stories\, writing advice\, cooking segments\, psychedelics\, and a few surprises. We’ll even have a house band. Spread the word! We’ll bend zoom until it breaks. \nGuests include: Rebecca Makkai\, De’Shawn Charles Winslow\, Geoff Dyer\, Kristen Arnett\, Maris Kreizman\, Josh Gondelman\, and Rob Doyle\, with music from Sari Botton and Bran Macaluso. \nIf you want to buy a book\, please use Ryan’s local indie Rough Draft. You can get a signed and personalized copy of Riots through this link. \n \nDE’SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW was the 2019 winner of the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize for In West Mills. He holds an MFA and BFA in creative writing\, and an MA in English literature. De’Shawn has received scholarships from the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He lives in the New York City area. \nGEOFF DYER is the award-winning author of many books\, including But Beautiful\, Out of Sheer Rage\, Zona (on Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker)\, and the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism). A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Dyer lives in Los Angeles\, where he is writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into twenty-four 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 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. \nKRISTEN ARNETT is the NYT bestselling author of the debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House\, 2019) which was listed as one of The New York Times top books of 2019 and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction. She is a queer fiction and essay writer. She was awarded Ninth Letter‘s Literary Award in Fiction and is a columnist for Literary Hub. Her story collection\, Felt in the Jaw\, was published by Split Lip Press and was awarded the 2017 Coil Book Award. She was a Spring 2020 Shearing Fellow at Black Mountain Institute. She has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and currently lives in Miami\, Florida. \nMARIS KREIZMAN is the host of The Maris Review\, a literary podcast from Literary Hub. She’s the creator of Slaughterhouse 90210\, a blog and book (Flatiron Books\, 2015). Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, the LA Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Atlantic\, Vanity Fair\, BuzzFeed\, Publishers Weekly\, The Ringer\, The Toast\, The Hairpin\, The Cut\, Vulture\, Glamour\, Esquire\, GQ\, OUT Magazine\, and more. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband\, her dog\, and her books. \nJOSH GONDELMAN is a comedian and writer who has earned two Peabody Awards\, three Emmys\, and two WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. He is currently a writer/producer for Desus & Mero on Showtime. In the past\, Josh has written for Billy on the Street. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times\, New York magazine\, and the New Yorker. He lives in New York City with his wife and pug. \nROB DOYLE is the author of Threshold\, published by Bloomsbury USA in March. His debut novel\, Here Are the Young Men\, was selected as one of Hot Press magazine’s “20 Greatest Irish Novels 1916-2016\,” and has been made into a film starring Dean Charles Chapman and Anya Taylor Joy. This Is the Ritual\, a collection of short stories\, was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim. He has written for the Guardian\, TLS\, Vice\, Sunday Times\, Dublin Review\, Observer and many other publications\, and throughout 2019 he wrote a weekly column on cult books for the Irish Times. He lives between Ireland and Berlin. \nSARI BOTTON is a writer and editor living in Kingston\, NY. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and many other publications. She edited the award-winning anthology Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving & Leaving NY and its New York Times bestselling follow-up\, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for NY and for five years served as Essays Editor at Longreads. She teaches creative nonfiction courses at Catapult and in the MFA program at Bay Path University. \n 
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/2020-is-over-a-variety-with-booze-hacks-music-ribaldry-cobblers-and-more/
LOCATION:Rough Draft Bar & Books
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201201T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201222T170000
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy Workshop: Chutes and Ladders: Four Pitfalls (and Solutions!) for Writing Prose
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, December 1st\, 8th\, 15th\, & 22nd\, 5-6:30pm PT / 8-9:30pm ET \nJoin me for a digital workshop this December with Speakeasy! \nMost obstacles to writing are not psychological (writers’ block is a myth!) but structural. In narrative fiction\, it’s plot — cause and effect\, development\, change\, suspense — that propels us forward. And yet these things don’t happen by accident. There are common missteps that will tank a story or novel in its earliest pages\, and there are architectural solutions that will get us out of those traps. \nThis workshop is designed to help participants write an original short story or the first chapter of a novel. Participants will work on their projects outside of the workshop sessions. In each session\, Rebecca will teach a different aspect of writing craft. (In our four sessions\, we’ll focus on story arc\, scene shape\, momentum\, and stakes.) Some participants might share relevant parts of their projects during these sessions to get feedback from Rebecca and the group\, but these sessions will primarily focus on Rebecca’s craft lessons.? \nAfter the fourth session\, participants will submit their projects (no more than 12 pages) to Rebecca\, and she will provide feedback to each person in the form of a marked-up manuscript and a brief feedback letter. Written feedback from Rebecca is contingent on the writing sample you submit being coherent. You don’t need to be an experienced (or published!) writer by any means\, nor do you need to have perfect command of all aspects of English grammar\, but your writing should be comprehensible. \n? \nCode of Conduct  \nWe look forward to building an inclusive\, supportive community of writers during our workshop and will not tolerate racist\, sexist\, or homophobic views. By signing up for this workshop\, you’re agreeing to uphold these norms. Though we don’t expect this to happen\, if someone violates these norms\, they will be removed from the workshop without a refund.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/speakeasy-workshop-chutes-and-ladders-four-pitfalls-and-solutions-for-writing-prose/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201120T190000
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SUMMARY:Cocktails & Conversation: Kimberly King Parsons\, Megha Majumdar & Julia Phillips with Rebecca Makkai
DESCRIPTION:What better time to host and celebrate four extremely talented National Book Award for fiction long and short listers? We believe two days after the winners of the 2020 National Book Awards winners have been announced\, that’s when. Please join us on November 20th at 7pm central as Exile in Bookville welcomes Kimberly King Parsons (Black Light: Stories)\, Megha Majumdar (A Burning) and Julia Phillips (Disappearing Earth) in conversation with Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers).\n\nExile in Bookville is partnering with Books Are Magic\, Brooklyn for this event which will be streamed through Zoom and broadcast on Exile in Bookville’s Facebook Live as well as on the Exile in Bookville website.\n\nYou can purchase all of the books mentioned above through the Exile in Bookville website.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/cocktails-conversation-kimberly-king-parsons-megha-majumdar-julia-phillips-with-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:20201013T080000
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SUMMARY:Ragdale Talks: A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai ft. Chloe Benjamin\, Michael Zapata and Alex Kotlowitz
DESCRIPTION:Novel Affair at Ragdale Foundation was of course a no-go this year\, and so we’re doing this instead: On Wednesday\, the 21st\, I’ll be in conversation online with three brilliant authors — Michael Zapata\, Chloe Benjamin\, and Alex Kotlowitz — about writing in a time of crisis.  \n\nWAY cheaper than the actual Novel Affair\, you can watch from anywhere\, and you don’t need shoes. \nRSVP! \n\n\nAuthor and Ragdale alumna Rebecca Makkai in conversation with authors Chloe Benjamin\, Michael Zapata\, and Alex Kotlowitz.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a very special online conversation featuring three accomplished authors in conversation with famed author and Ragdale alumna Rebecca Makkai. \nThe conversation will focus on writing in a time of crisis. \nThere is a $20 suggested donation\, but you can donate any amount of $1 or more to join what is certain to be a timely and engaging conversation that kicks off our Ragdale Talks series.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/ragdale-talks-a-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai-ft-chloe-benjamin-michael-zapata-and-alex-kotlowitz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T200000
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SUMMARY:Lincolnwood Library Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lincolnwood Public Library as we welcome Pulitzer-nominated author of The Great Believers\, Rebecca Makkai. \nThis program is being offered using Zoom\, a virtual presentation/conferencing software. Please include your email address to receive instructions on how to join the Zoom event.
URL:https://rebeccamakkai.com/event/lincolnwood-library-virtual-event/
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