DiscoverStories, But ShorterRebecca Makkai on Writing in the Airport
Rebecca Makkai on Writing in the Airport

Rebecca Makkai on Writing in the Airport

Update: 2020-01-27
Share

Description

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist writer Rebecca Makkai joins us to conclude Season 2 of “Stories, But Shorter.” This Chicago-based writer shares “Everything We Know About the Bomber” from her short story collection, Music For Wartime. In the talkback, Cassi, Jeremy and Rebecca discuss character development and the difference between writing short fiction vs a novel. Rebecca Makkai is also the author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.


http://rebeccamakkai.com

https://twitter.com/rebeccamakkai

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Rebecca Makkai on Writing in the Airport

Rebecca Makkai on Writing in the Airport

Campfire Media