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Comic Relief: Six Classic Novels that Bring the Laughs
The Center for FictionThese are troubling times and, though our physical bookstore is closed, we want to continue offering our community a respite from the stress
Events
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Mar 31
Canceled — Art of the Short Story: Nicole Flattery with Colm Tóibín
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Apr 01
Postponed — Nana Oforiatta Ayim Presents The God Child
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Apr 02
Postponed — Nick Flynn Presents Stay: threads, conversations, collaborations
7:00 pm at The Center for Fiction
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Writers on Writing
Research Your Life
Alexander Chee
You know the least about your life precisely because, for living in it, you might barely notice it. You are from a place and you believe you know... -
A Certainty
Rumaan Alam
When you get old, your skin goes soft. Like the pages of a library book, my grandmother’s hands, papery and cool. She’d take my hand in hers... -
The Book That Made Me a Reader
Dina Nayeri on Behrangi, Golding and Ishiguro
Dina Nayeri
I’ve become a reader three times. The first time, I was barely six and lived in Iran, under the Islamic Republic.
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All Book Recs
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Comic Relief: Six Classic Novels that Bring the Laughs
These are troubling times and, though our physical bookstore is closed, we want to continue offering our community a respite from the stress -
Bookstore Best Sellers
February 2020 Best Sellers
From Colum McCann’s Apeirogon to Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, check out our... -
Bookstore Best Sellers
January 2020 Best Sellers
From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Ben Lerner’s The Topeka... -
7 Books that Dare Kids to Dream Big
Picture books that inspire youngsters to dream big and recognize their potential to be a force for good in the world! -
Bookstore Best Sellers
Top 20 Best Sellers from 2019
From debut novels like Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (shortlisted for our First Novel Prize)... -
Bookstore Best Sellers
December 2019 Best Sellers
From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Writers Council member... -
Author Picks
Six Recommendations from De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Our 2019 First Novel Prize winner, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, shares six books he thinks would make great gifts -
Bookstore Best Sellers
November 2019 Best Sellers
From Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House to Andrea Long Chu’s Females, check out our bookstore’s...
