Before receiving the 2019 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction on Sunday, Rebecca Makkai, a Chicago-based author, spoke in-depth about her experiences as a writer and how her award-winning novel ‘The Great Believers’ took shape. The talk and award ceremony took place in Ryan Center as part of the Northwestern Day of the 30th annual...
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