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Canceled — The Crisis of the Working Class in Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT March 19, 2020

This conversation is part of our On America series, which investigates the systems of power that operate within stories we tell.

Friday, 7:00 pm EDT March 6, 2020

What role does race play in BMI and what we deem healthy and attractive?

We hosted the launch of Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness, a stirring and meditative follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel What Belongs to You

Picture books that inspire youngsters to dream big and recognize their potential to be a force for good in the world!

Jeffrey Colvin’s epic family saga Africaville is the remarkable result of 20 years of research on the little-known free black communities...

From debut novels like Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (shortlisted for our First Novel Prize) and Julia Phillips’s...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT May 28, 2020

The last reading by our 2019 Emerging Writer Fellows.

Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT March 24, 2020

An evening with the critically acclaimed Iranian novelist and journalist.

Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT April 29, 2020

Julia Alvarez will discuss writing Afterlife, her first adult novel in almost fifteen years, with author Barbara Jenkins.

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT April 30, 2020

An intimate evening with the renowned author.