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Story/Teller with Jess Walter and David Duchovny
Thursday, 7:30 pm EDT October 29, 2020
Tickets include a copy of The Cold Millions. -
On America: A Performance of James Baldwin's "The White Problem"
Thursday, 7:30 pm EDT November 5, 2020
Hosted by Center for Fiction Board Chair, Erroll McDonald. -
The Art of the Short Story: Nicole Krauss on To Be a Man with Julie Orringer
Monday, 7:30 pm EDT November 9, 2020
Beloved and critically acclaimed author Nicole Krauss will speak to Julie Orringer (The Flight Portfolio)...
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KidsReading Club: The Witch Boy Graphic Novel
Saturday, 11:00 am EDT November 14, 2020
Our online KidsReading Club offers middle-graders a literary social outlet with peers their age (9-12). We’re excited to hold our first discussion... -
Story/Teller with Jonathan Lethem, Edward Norton, and Kim Stanley Robinson
Monday, 7:30 pm EDT November 16, 2020
A dramatic reading and a talkback of Jonathan Lethem’s newest novel The Arrest. -
Story/Teller with Zeyn Joukhadar, Samy Nour Younes, Leila Buck, and Jenn Baker
Tuesday, 7:30 pm EDT November 24, 2020
A performance of selections from Zeyn Joukhadar’s The Thirty Names of Night, followed by a conversation with Joukhadar...
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The Voices of America
This week we focus on the great variety of voices in America in its many forms: fiction, fantastic and speculative; biography... -
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Murder, Eat, Read, Repeat
This week I wanted to call out four new books in the crime genre that are particularly good—followed by a new mouthwatering... -
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Escape the Election Blues with Fall Books
This week’s collection underscores how a variety of storytelling styles can entertain, emotionally satisfy, and surprise -
The First Novel Prize
2020 First Novel Prize: The Short List
We are pleased to announce that debut novels by Amina Cain, Maisy Card, Hilary Leichter... -
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Found in Translation
This week we celebrate works in translation with recent novels and nonfiction that show a wonderful diversity of voices coming... -
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Curl Up and Read as the Cooler Weather Rolls In
A fantastical world, families navigating the death of a loved one, a plea for respect to all American citizens and young adult... -
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Something for Everyone
This week offers an array of tantalizing Fall arrivals with characters from a variety of backgrounds and, we hope, for every... -
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An Embarrassment of Riches to Start September
As usual September is beginning with an abundance of tasty, irresistible books to read. Despite the absence of all the usual... -
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Late Season Offerings Featuring Exceptional Women
This week marks the publication of the hotly anticipated new novel from Elena Ferrante, which we have the pleasure of launching... -
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Read Yourself into a Vacation Spot
The end of summer is when many of us are accustomed to traveling for our holidays. So here are five new novels that I found especially... -
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Literary Entertainment: New Novels We Dare You to Put Down
Here are five novels that completely held my attention—no easy task when it is hard to concentrate on much of anything these days -
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Dog Days of Summer Reading
There is an abundance of incredible new fiction awaiting hungry readers this August, so make time to stock up before the coming... -
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Hope in Times of Hardship
When we started these newsletters COVID-19 had just begun to spread and the bookstore closed for quarantine -
The First Novel Prize
2020 First Novel Prize: The Long List
We are so pleased to announce the long list for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. -
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Topics of the Moment, for All Ages
Here are a few titles for both kids and adults that address subjects on our minds today—politics, racial injustice, gender...
