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Pulitzer & Nat'l Book Award finalist, winner of ALA Carnegie Medal for THE GREAT BELIEVERS. Artistic Director at @storystudio. She/her. Daughter of a refugee.

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    Rebecca Makkai‏Verified account @rebeccamakkai Aug 20

    You have the power to grant fifty more productive years to an artist of any discipline (writer, musician, painter, etc.) who died too young. Who do you pick?

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      1. Alyssa ❄️Thordarson 🇮🇸‏ @alyssathorhamar Aug 20
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        Freddie Mercury without hesitation.

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      1. 5of5‏ @Briet70 Aug 20
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        Prince

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      2. clairebarry  🤖‏ @clairebarry Aug 20
        Replying to @rebeccamakkai

        Van Gogh. He deserves to see even a little bit of the appriciatiin of his art

        3 replies 1 retweet 292 likes
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      2. Amy K. Cannon‏ @amykaycannon Aug 20
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        Keats!!!

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      3. msw‏ @Graciesmoxie Aug 20
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        Eva Cassidy!!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UVjjcOUJLE&ab_channel=EvaCassidy …

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      2. lynn akin‏ @lakin1013 Aug 21
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        You do know Stephen King is still alive, right?

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      2. gar mcvey-russell‏ @the_gar_spot Aug 20
        Replying to @rebeccamakkai

        Mozart. Though he did a lot in about 30 years.

        2 replies 1 retweet 112 likes
      3. sheryl davidson‏ @sheryld64646160 Aug 20
        Replying to @the_gar_spot @rebeccamakkai

        A music teacher once told me she felt Schubert was the greater loss, because his style was evolving so richly when he died. She thought Mozart at his death sounded like he did at 15, and maybe she was right!

        9 replies 1 retweet 122 likes
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