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Felicia Berliner on Shmutz with Abby Stein

Jewish Book Council and The Neighborhood joined The Center for Fiction for a special literary program featuring Felicia Berliner...

Saturday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT June 11, 2022

James Spooner, the creator of Afro-punk, will join Dawnie Walton (writer, editor, and author of one of 2021’s...

Saturday, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT June 18, 2022

This workshop will consist of a brief reading of one of the twenty four selected short stories in Virginia Hamilton’s The...

As the 2022 NBA playoffs ramped up, historian Claude Johnson joined The Center for Fiction for a rich conversation on an unsung...

Submissions Accepted June 1 to July 29, 2022

The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest

This week we have five expert stylists playing with form: a modern twist on classic fairy tales, a writer’s homage to romance novels, short...

The Center for Black Literature, in collaboration with The Center for Fiction’s NEA Big Read initiative for Toni Morrison’s classic novel...

Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT June 8, 2022

The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome one of the most innovative, uncompromising, boundary-breaking dramatists of today, Aleshea...

4 Monthly Sessions Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT June 29 to September 21, 2022

This book discussion group will focus on international crime fiction. These four novels may inspire wanderlust and leave you longing to pack your...

4 Sessions Tuesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT July 5 to August 30, 2022

The term “bruja” in Latinx cultures often has a negative association; a bruja is a troublemaker or a temptress—essentially, a woman who...