List of Upcoming Events

May 2023

• Tuesday, May 2 at 7pm ET
  Dave Barry on Swamp Story with Brendan Jay Sullivan
• Wednesday, May 3 at 7pm ET
  Sarah Cypher on The Skin and Its Girl with Zaina Arafat
• Friday, May 5–Sunday May 7
  Long Play Festival 2023
• Saturday, May 6 at 12pm ET
  Story Time Special Edition: Monique James-Duncan Reads from Mommy Time
• Tuesday, May 9 from 6–8pm ET
  Literary Trivia Night at the Café & Bar
• Wednesday, May 10 at 7pm ET
  The Center for Fiction Presents Vanessa Walters on The Nigerwife with Jennifer Baker
• Thursday, May 11 at 7pm ET
  NEA Big Read: A Celebration of Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown with Performances by Fang Du and Sami Ma
• Friday, May 12 from 6–7:30pm ET
  Biblio Bacchanal: Wine & Book Pairings
• Saturday, May 13 at 12pm ET
  Story Time Special Edition with Evan and Coral from The Smack-Dab in the Middle of the Day Show
• Tuesday, May 16 at 7pm ET
  Joanna Biggs Presents A Life of One’s Own with Lauren Oyler and Christine Smallwood
• Thursday, May 18 at 1:30pm ET
  The International Library Part I: Notes on Sugar
• Saturday, May 20 from 11am to 3pm ET
  NEA BigRead: Family Day Celebrating Interior Chinatown and AAPI Heritage Month
• Tuesday, May 23 at 7pm ET
  The Center for Fiction Presents Abraham Verghese on The Covenant of Water
• Wednesday, May 24 at 7pm ET
  A Reading with The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil 2022-2023 Emerging Writer Fellows
• Wednesday, May 31 at 7pm ET
  Alternate Histories in Fiction with Elliot Ackerman and Christine Grillo

June 2023

• Thursday, June 1 at 7pm ET
  Tom Piazza on The Auburn Conference with David Gates
• Saturday, June 3 at 5pm ET
  The Café & Bar Presents EXHIBIT B IN NYC: A Reading
• Tuesday, June 6 at 7pm ET
  The Art of the Short Story: Magogodi oaMphela Makhene on Innards with Dawnie Walton
• Friday, June 9 at 6pm ET
  Booking for Love: A Literary Speed Dating Event
• Wednesday, June 14 at 7pm ET
  The Art of the Short Story: M. Evelina Galang on When the Hibiscus Falls with Hannah Bae
• Thursday, June 15 at 1:30pm ET
  The International Library Part II: Translating Traditions / Translating the Book of Genesis
• Friday, June 16 at 6pm ET
  Booking for Love: LGBTQ+ Edition
• Tuesday, June 20 at 7pm ET
  Ani Kayode Somtochukwu on And Then He Sang a Lullaby with Roxane Gay
• Thursday, June 22 at 7pm ET
  ALL PRIDE, NO PREJUDICE! A Literary LGBTQ+ Celebration
• Wednesday, June 28 at 6pm ET
  The Café & Bar Presents Drink & Draft Night

July 2023

• Tuesday, July 11 at 7pm ET
  In Translation: Victoria Kielland, Damion Searls, and Merve Emre on My Men
• Tuesday, July 18 at 7pm ET
  The Center for Fiction Presents Jamila Ahmed on Every Rising Sun with Zeyn Joukhadar
• Wednesday, July 19 at 7pm ET
  The Art of the Short Story: Kate Doyle on I Meant It Once with Cara Blue Adams
• Tuesday, July 25 at 7pm ET
  Cristina García on Vanishing Maps with Ernesto Mestre-Reed