Chicago writer Rebecca Makkai bring us the story of a reality television producer attempting to gossip love into existence—and just how complicated that gets. This fiction story originally appeared in the journal Crazyhorse. Rebecca is the author of the novel The Borrower, and "The November Story" is part of her collection-in-progress Music for Wartime. (18 minutes)
Song:
“People Gonna Talk” by James Hunter & “He Say, She Say” by Show & A.G.
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