Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Story Collections: Contemporary Classics, New Voices, and Experimental Writing
At the Center for Fiction, we are forever extolling the virtues of the short form. The ability to capture a life, an entire landscape, a range...
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Events
National Teen Storyteller Writing Contest — June 2020
Submissions Accepted June 1 to June 25, 2020
Creative writers, aged 14 to 18, are invited to submit a flash fiction story that thoughtfully explores LGBTQ themes to the Center for Fiction’s...
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Videos
A Final Reading with Our 2019 Emerging Writer Fellows
Don’t miss the last reading with our nine 2019 Emerging Writer Fellows! Coryn Brown, Bryna Peebles...
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Events
Shirley Conversation and Q&A with Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Sarah Gubbins, and Susan Scarf Merrell
Friday, 8:00 pm EDT June 26, 2020
Presented in collaboration with BAM Films and NEON Virtual Cinema.
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Videos
Elliot Ackerman Launches Red Dress in Black and White with Özgür Mumcu
The celebration of the release of Elliot Ackerman’s Red Dress In Black and White, published by Knopf
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Videos
Casey Schwartz Presents Attention, A Love Story with Joshua Cohen
In Attention, A Love Story, Casey Schwartz examines what it means to pay attention in the age of distraction...
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Fiction, Essays & More
Shirin Neshat and Amir Ahmadi Arian on Then the Fish Swallowed Him
Shirin Neshat and Amir Ahmadi ArianCritically acclaimed Iranian writer, Amir Ahmadi Arian discusses his English-language debut Then the Fish Swallowed Him with world-renowned...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Lose Yourself in These Riveting Personal Narratives
These eight new memoirs highlight the importance of friendship, music, food, and art in our lives—elements that allow these enormously skillful...
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Fiction, Essays & More
Julia Phillips Discusses Disappearing Earth with Noreen Tomassi
Julia Phillips, whose debut novel Disappearing Earth was shortlisted for our 2019 First Novel Prize, discussed her work with the Center’s...
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Groups+Workshops
Sold Out: The Spoken Role led by Charles Bock
Friday & Saturday 6:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT July 17 to July 18, 2020
Dialogue is an important and huge part of the craft of fiction. It’s also one of the most commonly misused parts — imitating Twain and trying...
