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2020 Is Over: A Variety With Booze Hacks, Music, Ribaldry, Cobblers, and More!
Rough Draft Bar & BooksTo 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. Instead of a reading, let’s have a zoom party. A loose version of “The Tonight Show,” with booze tips for lockdown, […]
StoryStudio Chicago Presents: The Geek-Out Book Club | Rebecca Makkai + Cristina Henriquez Discuss “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
StoryStudio Chicago 4043 N. Ravenswood, #222, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe 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 […]
Loyola University Chicago 2021 Humanities Forum: Reflections on the Early days of the AIDS Pandemic
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, […]
Joshua Ferris in conversation with Rebecca Makkai: A Calling for Charlie Barnes
OnlineThe 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. This event is free and open to the public, with registration. Signed, first edition copies are available for purchase […]
Friends of the Bronxville Public Library Presents: Lan Samantha Changin conversation with Rebecca Makkai (Zoom)
OnlineLan Samantha Chang, author of The Family Chao, in conversation with Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers The 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 […]
The Porch: The Origins of the Original with Visiting Writer Rebecca Makkai
OnlineWhen 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 […]
Electric Lit Presents: The Craft of Covid in Fiction
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. They also face unique craft challenges: how do masks affect dialogue, character descriptions, and scene? How do social distancing and quarantine warp relationship dynamics? Rebecca Makkai chose to move the […]
A Virtual Evening with Rebecca Makkai: I Have Some Questions For You
OnlineJoin 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. This 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 […]
The Newberry Library: Rebecca Makkai and Meg Wolitzer —Novelists on the Craft of Writing
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesAward-winning authors Rebecca Makkai and Meg Wolitzer will reflect on their work and growth as authors. This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Please register here. This installment of “Conversations at the Newberry” features award-winning novelists Rebecca Makkai and […]
