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2019 Annual Awards & Benefit Dinner

Tuesday, December 10th at Cipriani

Our 2019 Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner will be held on Tuesday, December 10th at The Cunard Building, 25 Cipriani Broadway
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Author/Editor: Uncovering the Narratives of Free Black Communities in Africaville

Tuesday, January 14th at The Center for Fiction

Jeffrey Colvin discusses writing, editing, and publishing his debut novel Africaville with his Amistad Press editor Patrik Henry Bass.
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Garth Greenwell Presents Cleanness with Andrea Lawlor

Wednesday, January 15th at The Center for Fiction

Garth Greenwell in conversation with writer Andrea Lawlor to mark the launch of his highly-anticipated new novel.
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Recent Irish Literature: The Nightmare & Dream of History

Thursday, January 30th - May 28th at The Center for Fiction

Reflecting on his homeland of Ireland, Stephan Dedalus in James Joyce’s Ulysses comments, “history is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake
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The 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize: Short List

By The Center for Fiction

We are pleased to announce that debut novels by Chia-Chia Lin, Julia Phillips, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Ocean Vuong, Joe Wilkins, Lauren Wilkinson, and De’Shawn Charles Winslow are shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize!

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Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Jonathan Franzen

By Jonathan Franzen

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Freedom, The End of the End of the Earth) on six of his favorite reads.