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Film, Video 2023 National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman

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Title

  • 2023 National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman

Summary

  • Which crime victims' stories get told, retold and obsessed over? What if crime media were instead a catalyst for social change? Rebecca Makkai's novel "I Have Some Questions for You" examines a fictional, distant murder. Sarah Weinman's anthology "Evidence of Things Seen" features 14 essays about true crimes and asks readers to think about what justice looks like. Moderated by novelist Angie Kim.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-08-12.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2023 National Book Festival: Understanding Stage. 0
  • -  Angie Kim, Sarah Weinman, Rebecca Makkai.
  • -  Recorded on 2023-08-12.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025661402

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  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12, 2023. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661402/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2023) National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661402/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-12, 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2025661402/>.