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Rebecca Makkai

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Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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in absentia n color @soundsncolor.bsky.social · 1d

This may be one of the worst ICE deportation stories I’ve ever fucking read.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 1d

I'm mad at everyone who didn't tell me you were here! A conspiracy!!

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 2d

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 2d

Yes it does. So the à is a short, really open "ah" like in "pot" (not like the long a of Krasz/"cross"
The ó is just held for longer and emphasized a bit more than a plain "o" would be, and "ó" often comes at the end of a word. You don't need to worry about that one as much.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 3d

Do not get me started on the various manglings of Imre Kertész

Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 3d

I realized I should add: LAH-slow. (As in the English adjective “slow”). The “sz” in both names is a simple “s” sound, absolutely not a “z” or “zh.”

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Catharsis Theater: Relief for the Human Heart @catharsistheater.bsky.social · 3d

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🌟 “We needed to do something.” Lori’s story is a reminder that grief, rage, and love can become engines for change. From buses to food pantries to ACT UP, she showed how ordinary courage feeds extraordinary legacies.
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"We needed to do SOMETHING"

in memoriam, Lori Cannon

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 3d

This is TONIGHT! Register for free to come in person, or watch the livestream!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

You’re doing the lord’s work! 😂

Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

Okay, my best attempt: CROSS-naw-hor-kaw-ee
But the first four vowels are all the same. So keep the “o” sound from “cross” and repeat it three more times. (Somewhere between “aw” and “ah”)
“Hor” gets the second most emphasis.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

😂😂😂

Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

They’re literally a full syllable short

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

Őn magyar?

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

Nice try, NYT, but absolutely not

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone who needs me, I’ll be here all day teaching people how to pronounce Krasznahorkai 🇭🇺

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

Since I can’t give that two-hour answer again and again, I want to invite you to my two-hour class for writers (and other artists), Five Things I’ve Learned about Writing While Parenting on December 7 at 8pm EST. Sign up below!
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Writing While Parenting - Five Things I've Learned

Join me in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about how to navigate the joys and demands that come with creating art while at the same time keeping the people you love ...

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

The first (especially if it’s asked by a condescending stranger) is “What a weird question — would you ask a man how he juggles being both a banker and a father??” and the second (especially if it’s asked by a fellow writer, one whose eyes are full of despair) is… well, it’s a two-hour long answer.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 4d

I’m doing another online seminar for 5 Things I Learned… Specifically: When people ask how I balance parenting with a writing career, two answers come to mind. 🧵

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 5d

She was also hilarious. I wrote about her, and I promise it will make your day better if you take a minute to learn how driving a bus led to decades of activism and charity.
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"We needed to do SOMETHING"

in memoriam, Lori Cannon

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 5d

In early August, the indomitable Chicago AIDS activist Lori Cannon passed away. She was an irreplaceable resource while I was writing The Great Believers, and inspiration, angel, and friend to thousands. 🧵

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 5d

This sounds so fun: Create an oracle to get creatively “unstuck” and build more meaningful patterns in @sarahkokernot.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… One class, in person, starts October 29!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Genre Series: The Answer Is Already Here: Make Your Own Writing Oracle with Sarah Kokernot - StoryStudio Chicago

In this class, we'll explore the oracles of inquiry, collage, and bibliomancy to gather inspiration for new ideas, get "unstuck” on creative projects, build more meaningful patterns in your work, and ...

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