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On America: Environmental Storytelling with Brooklyn Book Festival
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT September 27, 2022
We continue our annual Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends tradition of inviting author and critic, Kerri Arsenault (Mill Town... -
Story/Teller Arts: Lynn Nottage on Mlima's Tale with Damon Tabor
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT September 29, 2022
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome Lynn Nottage, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Ruined and...
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Sep 26
BYOBook: A Quiet Happy Hour for Readers
5:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction Café & Bar -
Sep 27
On America: Environmental Storytelling with Brooklyn Book Festival
7:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction
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Sep 28
Laura Warrell presents Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm with Lisa Lucas, co-presented with Cafe con Libros
7:00 pm EDT at The Center for Fiction
& Livestreamed
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Birds of Different Feathers: Writing And/As/About Resistance with Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Friday - Sunday October 7 to October 9, 2022
In his essay “Resist, Refuse” (2018), Teju Cole argues that the word “resistance,” once holy, has now become unexceptional -
World and Languages: Writing About Languages, Travels, and Immigration with Jenna Tang
Once a week Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT October 12 to November 2, 2022
Languages represent our perspectives to this world. Languages are our upbringings, memories, and journeys of our lives, and it is worth writing about them -
Character Development: Summoning Compelling Players Who Drive Story with Debra Jo Immergut
Saturday & Sunday 12:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT October 22 to October 23, 2022
It’s the writer’s most godlike act: the conjuring of complex characters who feel as real and known as anyone we really know—or more so
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Difficult People
Difficult people make for interesting reading. Characters who are mischievous, unstable, irrational, those who lack self-control... -
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Awakenings
Novels, short stories, stories that interlink to become a novel, and poetry: these books explore their characters’ psychological... -
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Top That
Four of this week’s writers are at the peak of their powers. Shimmering stories full of pain and loss and introspection... -
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Bodies in Motion
The writers below share a talent for keeping the reader glued to the page and, in very different ways, address identity, physicality... -
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All This Is Very Different
This week we shake it up in subject and locale. Queer Indian girls in Wisconsin, East African political revolts, a Harlem apartment... -
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Getting to the Point
Two story collections and one short, short novel appear this week; two books are from Scandinavia; and our narrative nonfiction... -
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Hot Town, Summer in the City
The dog days of summer are here, and we turn to books that are hot and sultry, too. Like the weather, the four novels here take... -
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Busy Minds
These fine books represent some of the best writing of the summer. Their authors drill deep down into human psyches -
The First Novel Prize
Announcing The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Longlist
We are pleased to announce the longlist for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize. The twenty-four debut novels were... -
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Abounds
Short and long fiction abounds this week, as well as an essay collection that gives wise advice for the changing ways in which... -
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Take a Trip
Forget about the books on your nightstand, this week we have the perfect vacation read for you. There is a wide range of styles... -
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At Home in the World
In four wildly different fictions, characters seek to find themselves, and their place. Two are faced with sudden fortune and... -
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Mood Swings
What type of escape are you seeking for this long summer weekend? Choose from linked stories set on a Down East reservation... -
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Summer Arrivals
It’s now officially summer and the novels and short fiction this week are all good choices for the season’s reading—whether... -
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Second Thoughts
These books feature both imagined worlds and characters who recreate themselves in new worlds. From medieval times to modern... -
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All Rise
All the books this week introduce individuals overcoming odds. There are three novels that find their strong female leads facing... -
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Proud
June is Pride Month, and we launch it with four new titles—two first novels from Asian American authors, an audacious first... -
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Going in Style
This week we have five expert stylists playing with form: a modern twist on classic fairy tales, a writer’s homage to romance... -
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Against the Grain
The exceptional characters in this week’s selection include a college student pursuing the meaning of life, a hired mercenary... -
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Seize the Day
Five very different stories address the powerlessness one can feel when facing daily life. All are beautifully told, and find...
