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S5 E128 | 07/20/18

Rebecca Makkai on Why Writing a Book Is Like Getting Dressed in the Dark

Rebecca Makkai talks about exploring how the AIDS epidemic affected Chicago in her novel The Great Believers, reveals how her father smuggled poetry into Hungary and explains why she loves teaching.

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