203: Rebecca Makkai (I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU) & Sabahattin Ali's MADONNA IN A FUR COAT
In This Episode:
Rebecca Makkai drops into the Damn Library a few months after her newest smash hit novel I Have Some Questions For You hit the shelves, chatting about critiquing and celebrating the podcast world, how podcasters are the new detectives, writing a campus novel when you live on campus, and so much more, including just how it feels to be where she's at in her career at this point. Plus, we delve into her 84 Books Project and Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali.
THE EP. 203 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Rebecca: Plug Outlet Extender
Christopher: Owlish by Dorothy Tse, What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, A Place in the World Called Paris, forward by Susan Sontag
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Chair (Netflix)
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rebecca Makkai’s 84 Books Project
The Door by Magda Szabó
Great Expectations by David Copperfield
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Rebecca: The Door by Magda Szabó, Beef (Netflix), naps
Christopher: Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
