Rebecca Makkai | 2019 AWP Conference and Bookfair
Season 2021
About the Episode
We chatted with Chicago-based author Rebecca Makkai, whose third novel won both the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Stonewall Book Award. Amy Poehler's Paper Kite Productions optioned the novel for a potential TV series last December.
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