I Have Some Questions for You: A Discussion about Murder, Mystery, and Feminism + Adapting Lessons in Chemistry with Bonnie Garmus

This podcast episode includes not just one, but TWO author interviews that let us peek behind the scenes of the books that we love

Mariquita sits down with Rebecca Makkai for a discussion about Murder, Mystery, and Feminism! They discuss Rebecca's recenlty released novel, I Have Some Questions for You, a literary feminist boarding school murder mystery. They touch on the ethics of true crime, the inequity and dehumanization of the carceral system, the #metoo movement, and whose lives have value (all of which are woven into this compelling new novel).

 

Books mentioned written by Rebecca Makkai:

I Have Some Questions for You 

The Great Believers 

The Borrower 

The Hundred Year House

Music for Wartime

 

Who else is getting hyped for the Apple TV adaptation of Lessons in Chemistry?! In preparation for the show, Renee chats with author Bonnie Garmus to discuss why this book resonated with so many, the success of the book, and the adaptation itself. Bonnie and Renee also discover they are both greyhound parents mid-chat, which came as a fun surprise.

 

Books mentioned by Renee and Bonnie Garmus:

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

 

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Mariquita: Instagram 

 

Bonnie: Instagram // Twitter

Renee: Instagram // Twitter // The StoryGraph

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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

 

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