Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Groups+Workshops
Can We Be Friends? Writing Friendship in Fiction and Poetry with Emily Nemens
Sunday, 1:00 pm EDT - 5:30 pm EDT April 26, 2026
In Person | Read poems and stories that focus on platonic bonds, then write into the textures of intimacy, loyalty, and rupture through...
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Groups+Workshops
The Art of Emotion in Fiction with Alec Niedenthal
Once a week Wednesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT April 15 to May 6, 2026
In Person | What makes emotion in fiction feel real—and earned? Study how voice, character, and prose create feeling on the page, then...
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Groups+Workshops
The Art of Revision: Rewriting and Reimagining Our Work with Lillian Fishman
Sunday, 12:00 pm EDT - 4:30 pm EDT April 12, 2026
In Person | Move past precious drafts and sunk-cost thinking as you test revision strategies that help you see your work anew—scrapping...
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Book Recs
Place Settings
Sometimes I read based on the setting—location and circumstance can be very persuasive. In the four novels below you’ll find yourself on a...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Louise Erdrich on Python's Kiss with Lauren Groff (Virtual Event)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT April 14, 2026
Join us for a virtual discussion with beloved Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich on her new...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Exploring the World of Hans Christian Andersen with Amanda Hollander
4 Sessions Thursdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT April 2 to June 18, 2026
In Person | A new four-part In Short series tracing how Andersen’s fairy tales turn fantasy into social critique—probing power...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Mermaid” with Amanda Hollander
Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT June 18, 2026
In Person | Aching to become human and gain a soul, Andersen’s tragic heroine meets her doom as a result of her love for a young prince
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl” with Amanda Hollander
Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT June 4, 2026
In Person | After Hans Christian Andersen published “The Little Match Girl” in 1845, the story experienced lasting popularity for...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Ugly Duckling” with Amanda Hollander
Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT April 16, 2026
In Person | Many an ostracized child has been promised that they will be appreciated eventually—that they, too, will one day be recognized...
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Hans Christian Andersen's “The Emperor’s New Clothes” with Amanda Hollander
Thursday, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT April 2, 2026
In Person | A vain, reckless fool surrounds himself with sycophants and rules in chaos, delusional about himself and enabled by the...
