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The Purdue Creative Writing Program, in conjunction with the Medical Humanities Symposium, welcomes author Rebecca Makkai for a reading an Q&A on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Q&A will be held at 4:30 pm in BRWN 1154, and the reading will be at 7:30pm in Fowler Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

The Purdue Creative Writing Program, in conjunction with the Medical Humanities Symposium, welcomes author Rebecca Makkai for a reading an Q&A on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Q&A will be held at 4:30 pm in BRWN 1154, and the reading will be at 7:30pm in Fowler Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

THE AWP CLARK FICTION PRIZE RECEPTION CEREMONY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN 2020. We will update this page when a new date has been announced for the AWP Clark Prize Reception. Please join the Texas State University MFA Program as we celebrate Rebecca Makkai, winner of the 2019 Clark Fiction Prize for her novel […]

There’s a large gap in between being published to developing a career as an author. After you get a book deal, what are dos and don’ts while working with an editor? What’s the role of your agent then? Do you need a website? Should you hire an independent publicist? What can you do to help your book succeed? How do you give a great reading? What’s the difference between publicity and marketing? How do you develop a career as an author? Four seasoned authors and one executive editor offer advice.

Writing female characters that transcend tropes and come alive on the page is a challenging—and crucial—task for any writer. When those women lived decades, centuries, or even millennia ago, the work of the writer becomes even more complex. This panel will explore the process and practices of five women novelists who’ve featured powerful female characters, from a 19th-century astronomer to an 18th-century Russian empress, a midcentury mathematician, and an American slave in antebellum Ohio.

More Than Words Presents: The Great Believers Book Talk @ More Than Words Warehouse Bookstore

Join author Rebecca Makkai for a reading and signing of her book, The Great Believers.

In this panel, several historians consider Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers (2018), the critically acclaimed and multiple-award-winning novel about the AIDS epidemic in Chicago in the 1980s. This is a panel not only about the history of HIV/AIDS but also about the space between fiction and history, and the challenges of writing a fictional account of the AIDS crisis. Rebecca Makkai will conclude the session with her own reflections on writing the novel.

This year marks the 17th annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar, W&L's ultimate book club. Sponsored by the W&L Class of 1951 in honor of its late classmate Tom Wolfe, the program honors a distinguished writer and observer of the American scene. This year, we turn to one of our own, Rebecca Makkai, W&L class of 1999, whose critically acclaimed novel, "The Great Believers," was a National Book Award Finalist and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review.