#595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!

September 30, 2023

#595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!

On today’s show, Chelsea Alice and Rebecca Makkai talk about diversity in novels, breaking genre conventions, student-teacher relationships, and how motherhood is represented in literature.

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2 responses to “#595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!”

D J Rout

October 8, 2023 at 2:04 am

You know, if you have to move your fingers, even to produce some copy for Bachelor Pad, it’s still writing, right?. Without the fingering, you get nothing. It’s worse than music, because without the fingering you get at least one note. So…but then, why do I need to convince a published author who, since hhe has his doctorate, knows what he’s doing?

Ms Alice is a great interviewer! Bringing out the author’s real personality, as opposed to the one they’ve been told to project, is a good skill—and she’s got it.

Well done, both of you!

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thedrunkenodyssey

October 8, 2023 at 11:48 am

🙂

Last week I didn’t write three flash fictions, but merely delivered them to Bachelor Pad Magazine. I did write a short email to the publisher.

I agree about Chelsea Alice, DJ.

With gratitude,
John K

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