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Videos
On America: Celebrating the Lineage of Black Women Writers
The first edition of I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like, published in 1994, remains a fundamental collection of Black feminist thought...
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Events
First Novel Friday: The Delicate Beast, Ibis, and The Persians
Friday, 6:00 pm EDT March 7, 2025
On the first Friday of the month, join us as we celebrate and launch a selection of the best debut novels published today
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Transience
Past and present intertwine in several of these fine books, two of which are story collections. We have a sensitive memoir of grief by one of...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Andrea Long Chu on Authority with Arielle Angel
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT April 9, 2025
In an era marked by the constant stream of content and criticism from self-proclaimed experts, one might ask: who, exactly, are the authorities we can trust?
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Katie Kitamura on Audition with Jennifer Egan
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT April 8, 2025
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome acclaimed author Katie Kitamura (Intimacies) to celebrate the release...
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Videos
First Novel Friday: The Anatomy of Exile, Loca, and The English Problem
On the first Friday of the month, we celebrate and launch a selection of the best debut novels published today. The evening kicks off with a happy...
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Videos
The Center for Fiction Presents Adam Haslett on Mothers and Sons with Adam Rapp
We welcomed National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett, author of Imagine Me Gone, to celebrate his...
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Groups+Workshops
The Aeneid and the Story of Rome with Jeanna Lucci-Canapari
4 Sessions Tuesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT March 25 to May 20, 2025
In Person | Discover the classic epic Aeneid as a sublime poem, a political document, and a pervasive influence on later classics of...
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Groups+Workshops
Horror in NYC: Part Two with Marc Abbott
4 Sessions Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT March 30 to June 29, 2025
Online | Subway stations turned into bloody altars. Werewolves hunted by the NYPD. Monsters lurking in the Museum of Natural History
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Groups+Workshops
In Search of the American Dream: Part Two with Lauren Yanks
4 Sessions Tuesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT March 18 to June 3, 2025
Online | Continue the journey into the American Dream through four powerful books that explore its meaning from diverse immigrant perspectives...