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Something to Talk About
This week we are pleased to highlight a rousing jazz-infused debut novel which we are launching at The Center and a pitch-perfect memoir from...
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Difficult People
Difficult people make for interesting reading. Characters who are mischievous, unstable, irrational, those who lack self-control and then find...
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Awakenings
Novels, short stories, stories that interlink to become a novel, and poetry: these books explore their characters’ psychological and sexual...
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Top That
Four of this week’s writers are at the peak of their powers. Shimmering stories full of pain and loss and introspection; fat cat Republicans...
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Bodies in Motion
The writers below share a talent for keeping the reader glued to the page and, in very different ways, address identity, physicality and the traumas...
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All This Is Very Different
This week we shake it up in subject and locale. Queer Indian girls in Wisconsin, East African political revolts, a Harlem apartment building...
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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 choice is tied...
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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 you into spaces...
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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. Two of the novels are good...
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2022 First Novel Prize
The Center for FictionThe Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize was awarded to Noor Naga for her debut novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English...