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Creative Nonfiction with Porochista Khakpour (Sold Out) (September 2020)

Once a week Saturdays, 2:00 pm EDT - 3:30 pm EDT September 12 to September 26, 2020

An all-levels exploratory course in the most popular prose genre through exercises, lectures, and mini-workshops.

Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT September 16, 2020

A conversation on feminist translations of popular and beloved classic stories.

Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT September 9, 2020

How did the story of a young woman’s long walk in the woods resonate with millions of people?

In solidarity with our fellow indie booksellers, we hosted a fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s COVID-19 relief fund with...

Tuesday, 6:30 pm EDT September 8, 2020

An evening with editors and poets of New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba).

Tuesday, 7:30 pm EDT October 13, 2020

“If Claire Messud’s mind was a night sky, these essays chart the stars and constellations . . .”

There is an abundance of incredible new fiction awaiting hungry readers this August, so make time to stock up before the coming election takes...

Authors Yiyun Li and Edmund White discussed their new novels, which detail their characters’ whole lives and...

Tuesday, 7:30 pm EDT August 25, 2020

Ticket includes a signed edition of the book!

Writer and translator Padma Viswanathan discusses her translation from the Portuguese of Graciliano Ramos’s São...