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Rebecca Makkai on I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

Rebecca Makkai on I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

FromPoured Over


Rebecca Makkai on I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

FromPoured Over

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

“It's a literary, feminist, boarding school murder mystery — everyone's favorite genre.”  I Have Some Questions for You is the thrilling and inventive new novel from Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Part murder mystery, part timely take on issues that readers will connect with, this novel will keep you intrigued from cover to cover. Makkai joins us to talk about unreliable narrators, living on a boarding school campus, what keeps a reader turning the pages and more with host Miwa Messer. Listen after the episode for a TBR Topoff from Marc and Jamie.     Featured Books (Episode):  I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai  The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai   The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin  Trust by Hernan Diaz  The Keep by Jennifer Egan  The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka  The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka   Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali    Featured Books (TBR Topoff):  Vladimir by Julia May Jonas   Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko    Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who’s always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).