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Tiphanie Yanique on Monster in the Middle with Brandon Taylor
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT October 26, 2021
Fly and Stela meet in New York City, and it’s fate. As they discover more about each other through their budding romance, the two must decide... -
On America: Jelani Cobb on The Essential Kerner Commission Report with Arva Rice
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT October 28, 2021
Jelani Cobb, Columbia University professor and New Yorker correspondent, joins us to discuss the launch of The... -
Prose Translation Studio with Daniel Hahn
Once a week Thursdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT October 28 to December 9, 2021
In this studio-style workshop, each participant will bring a (very) short translation of their own to be discussed within the group
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Oct 24
KidsRead / KidsWrite: The Center for Fiction’s Family Day
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Oct 26
Tiphanie Yanique on Monster in the Middle with Brandon Taylor
7:00 pm EDT at Online via Zoom & at
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Oct 27
The Center for Fiction Presents an Evening with Yvonne Orji
7:00 pm EDT at Online via Zoom & at
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KidsWriting Genre Workshops: Fall 2021
Saturday, 11:30 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT October 30, 2021
Designed for young writers, ages 9-12, these writing workshops will focus on fostering creativity in a fun, encouraging environment -
Story/Teller: Gary Shteyngart Presents Our Country Friends with Sloane Crosley
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT November 2, 2021
All registrants will receive a copy of Our Country Friends and a link to livestream the event. In-person* ticketholders will receive... -
The Art of the Short Story: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on My Monticello with Deesha Philyaw
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT November 3, 2021
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson brings “a voice that is vital and unlike anything else you’ve known before” (Nana Kwame...
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True Friends
“True friends stab you in the front,” as Oscar Wilde once said. Here are books about unbreakable bonds, about reconnecting... -
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Generations
A debut storyteller leads the list this week with a collection set in the volatile American South that’s not to be missed -
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Stuck on You
The books here are stories about attachments—to family, to ourselves, and to the world. They include a meticulous examination... -
The First Novel Prize
Announcing the 2021 First Novel Prize Shortlist
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2021 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. These seven titles were selected... -
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Welcome In
We are thrilled to celebrate the Fall 2021 literary season with Anthony Doerr’s new novel below, set partly in Constantinople -
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In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World
Two of this week’s selections confront the drastic changes in the world of climate change, with quite different takes on folding... -
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Personal Histories
There are six extraordinary novels this week from seasoned writers, two who are switching genres in their fiction -
A Bright New Season
Be prepared—September 2021 has some of the most extraordinary writers publishing new books of fiction, poetry, and essays -
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Summer's End
This week’s recommendations encompass several genres: historical fiction, thriller, short stories, horror, and a memoir... -
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Brave Women, Bold Nature
The recommendations this week naturally fell into two categories that often overlap: women and nature. We have a feminist retelling... -
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So, What Else Is New?
What seems appealing to read in the middle of these dog days of summer? How about some writing advice for that novel you’ve... -
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Hauntings
This week highlights two mysteries: an impressive contemporary debut that seems as though it was written in another era and one... -
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Eureka!
These five books could not be more different from one another, but they undeniably confirm why California is such a fertile setting... -
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The View Inside
A paen to W.E.B. Du Bois and a rediscovered gem of Black fiction; a frenetic memoir by an actor whose infectious energy will... -
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Apart and Together
This week features mad housewives, animal behavior, distanced families, solitude, and some much-needed poetry -
The First Novel Prize
2021 First Novel Prize: The Longlist
The Center for Fiction is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2021 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize -
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Making Connections
The desire to connect is part of what makes us human, and the following stories approach this notion to great effect -
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Fireworks!
As the country approaches the 245th celebration of Independence Day, we mark the occasion with a probing and hilarious view of... -
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Between Two Worlds
The books this week all have characters who straddle worlds—whether through location or vocation, reality or fantasy, historical... -
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The Darkness and the Light
Books about narcissism, illness, violence, loneliness, longing, misery, displacement, and catastrophic weather events—sounds...
