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Narrative Truth: How Fiction Can Serve Your Nonfiction with Courtney Zoffness
Saturday & Sunday 12:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT September 10 to September 11, 2022
How can writers make a personal story immersive? Propulsive? Deeply felt? This bootcamp will consider craft techniques essential to fiction writing—salient... -
The Invisible Art: Re-seeing Revision with Peter Ho Davies
Saturday & Sunday 1:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT September 10 to September 11, 2022
Writers from Ernest Hemingway (“The only kind of writing is rewriting”) to Khaled Hosseini (“Writing for me is largely about rewriting”)...
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Don Quixote with Kannan Mahadevan
Once a week Thursdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT September 15 to November 3, 2022
It is hard to overstate the influence of Miguel de Cervantes’ two-part 17th century novel, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha -
Revisionist Genre with Donna Raskin
4 Monthly Sessions Fridays, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT September 16 to December 9, 2022
A Stranger Comes to Town. The Meet Cute. Genre novelists rely on conventions to fit their books into a category, but literary... -
Beyond the Tropes: Latinx Terror with Marc L. Abbott
Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT September 18 to December 18, 2022
This fall, we step into the world of speculative fiction with terrifying works written by Latinx authors. In this session, we will read and dissect...
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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 -
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... -
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Come What May
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and to celebrate, we are featuring a wonderful second novel from a... -
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What a Character
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!The four works of fiction this week, including two debuts, are character-driven stories -
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For the Love of Bookstores
This week we have a lovable heroine (whose story should continue in successive books), new translations of a dazzling... -
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Language Itself
The books this week include a debut novel by one of our own, two books from the ’60s by a highly admired Danish writer... -
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Unbroken
This week we continue to highlight a significant new book of poems for National Poetry Month; an exceptional memoir; plus, three...
