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Tag: Rebecca Makkai
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It’s time once again for the two-day book bonanza that’s the Printers Row Lit Fest
Books! Books! Authors! Food! Books!
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Readers and writers rally to rescue Volumes Bookcafe
The owners of the Wicker Park bookstore asked their friends to help them stay open.
Posted inArts & Culture
Women & Children First starts a Conversation about art and resisting the new administration
The bookstore’s new monthly series explores the intersection of books and politics
Posted inBest of Chicago
Explaining Chicago to New Yorkers is supremely gratifying
It’s a delight to watch the slow-dawning revelation that another American city might give NYC a run for its money.
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In Rebecca Makkai’s new story collection Music for Wartime, truth is stranger than fiction
The best and most haunting pieces here show the author wrestling with her complicated family legacy.
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Here are 28 books we can’t wait to read in 2015
New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Hundred-Year House moves backward in time to uncover the source of a haunting
Rebecca Makkai’s latest novel forms a satisfying conspiracy between reader and writer.