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What Was Queer Lakeview Like In The 1980s?
To understand more the real-life parallels between Makkai’s novel and 1980s Lakeview, Read & Run Chicago hosted three LGBTQ elders after our Book Club Run of The Great Believers in January 2025 in partnership with Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, the largest LGBTQ archives in the Midwest and a resource for Rebecca Makkai.
The Real-Life Activists That Helped Inspire The Great Believers
Meet the real-life activists that shaped the fictional story in Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers.
