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Rebecca Makkai Reading

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 7:00–8:00 PM
  • Location
    Bucknell Hall, 100 - Bucknell Hall
  • Description
    Rebecca Makkai is the author of the New York Times bestselling I Have Some Questions For You (https://rebeccamakkai.com/work/i-have-some-questions-for-you/) as well as four other works of fiction. Her last novel, The Great Believers, one of the New York Times' Best Books of the 21st Century (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html#book-80), was a finalist for both the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and the 2018 National Book Award, and was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize among other honors. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Rebecca teaches graduate fiction writing at Middlebury College, Northwestern University, and the Bennington Writing Seminars, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago (https://www.storystudiochicago.org/). Based on our long-standing Poet-in-Residence program, the Writer-in-Residence program brings an eminent writer of fiction or literary nonfiction to campus for a one-week visit each academic year. The Writer-in-Residence presents a public reading, a Q&A session, a craft workshop and meets individually with select students.
  • Website
    https://calendar.bucknell.edu/stadler-center/event/65312-rebecca-makkai-reading
  • Categories
    Open to the Public, Arts and Entertainment