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The Art of the Short Story: Leslie Kirk Campbell on The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs with Sidik Fofana

Leslie Kirk Campbell was joined by fellow short story author Sidik Fofana (Stories from the Tenants Downstairs)...

Saturday, 11:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT April 30, 2022

How do you write a whole story in half a page? How about three sentences? Or maybe six words? In this workshop, every word matters!

To usher in Women’s History Month, we have a political satire set in a fictional African country quietly controlled by women; a favorite English...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT April 28, 2022

Centering on an impoverished 19-year-old living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who dreams of a better life, La Hora de la Estrella...

Three masters of suspense—Alafair Burke (The Better Sister), Kellye Garrett (Hollywood Homicide)...

Lan Samantha Chang (Hunger, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost) triumphantly returns with a “gorgeous and...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan (A Visit from The Goon Squad) joined Andrea Yaryura Clark...

This week we welcome in a stellar debut from a Southern Black writer, a dystopian novel in which Japan no longer exists, artistic awakening from...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT April 14, 2022

The Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow Chantal V. Johnson’s debut novel follows Vivian, a thirtysomething lawyer advocating for...

Bringing together novelists and poets with literary theorists and literary historians, Creative Writing and Critical Thought is a series of lively...