Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Videos
On Craft: Giving Yourself Permission to Write Your Story
Elissa Altman, award-winning author of Motherland and Poor Man’s Feast, joined us to discuss her latest book...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Variations on a Theme
This week we have books featuring Black characters in the South dealing with personal and cultural disruption; mind- and time-bending alternative...
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Videos
Gary Shteyngart on Vera, or Faith with Maria Semple
The Center for Fiction welcomed Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country...
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Videos
URSA Live: A Night of Storytelling with Deesha Philyaw, Dawnie Walton, and Kiese Laymon
The Center for Fiction welcomed the acclaimed Ursa podcasts, Short Fiction and Reckon True Stories, with hosts Deesha...
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Events
Save the Date: The Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Fête
Friday, 6:30 pm EDT December 5, 2025
Join us at The Center for Fiction for a celebration of the seven authors shortlisted for the 2025 First Novel Prize.
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Events
Save the Date: The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit
Tuesday, 6:30 pm EDT - 10:00 pm EDT December 9, 2025
Join us for a celebration of the power of storytelling as we present this year’s Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award, Medal for Editorial...
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Events
The Ukrainian Cultural Festival and The Center for Fiction Present Oksana Lutsyshyna and Sam Wachman
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT October 22, 2025
What happens when writers look across borders—not just national, but linguistic, generational, and personal—to tell stories that challenge dominant narratives?
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Urmila Seshagiri and Anne Fernald on the Experimental Fiction of Virginia Woolf
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT October 16, 2025
Acclaimed author and professor Urmila Seshagiri joins us to celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Life of Violet...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Star-Spangled Reading
What a profusion of good literature with which to spend the July 4th weekend. From a CFF favorite comes a new novel; we also have two stellar...
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Events
In Translation: Thomas Schlesser on Mona’s Eyes with Idra Novey
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT September 24, 2025
Join us for an evening with French art historian and debut novelist Thomas Schlesser, celebrating the release of his internationally...
