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Videos
The Center for Fiction Presents Myriam J. A. Chancy on Village Weavers with Cleyvis Natera
The Center for Fiction welcomed Myriam J. A. Chancy (What Storm, What Thunder) to discuss her latest novel Village...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Out There
A much-anticipated memoir from Salman Rushdie leads the selection this week. Two others are story collections that bust their genres
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Events
NEA Big Read: Old Tales Made New, Heroes Made Monsters, Monsters Made Heroines
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 21, 2024
To kick off our 2024 National Endowment of the Arts Big Read initiative, The Center for Fiction welcomes Orange Prize-winning author Madeline...
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Events
NEA Big Read: The Onassis Foundation and The Center for Fiction Present Become a Monster, a God and a Hero with Live from Mount Olympus
Sunday, 11:00 am EDT May 19, 2024
As part of our 2024 NEA Big Read of Circe, The Center for Fiction is partnering with the Onassis Foundation on two workshops...
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Events
Story/Teller Arts: The Hours with The Metropolitan Opera, Michael Cunningham, Eve Gigliotti, Greg Pierce, and Anne Fernald
Monday, 7:00 pm EDT May 20, 2024
We are thrilled to partner with The Metropolitan Opera to celebrate The Hours, which returns to the...
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Events
Story/Teller Arts: Quiara Alegría Hudes on My Broken Language
Monday, 7:00 pm EDT May 13, 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes (Water by the Spoonful) joins The Center for Fiction to celebrate...
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Events
Story/Teller Arts: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Appropriate/An Octoroon with Jocelyn Bioh
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT May 2, 2024
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome one of America’s most inventive and profound playwrights, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins...
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Videos
The Center for Fiction Presents Cally Fiedorek on Atta Boy with Ben Purkert
We are thrilled to have welcomed back Cally Fiedorek, 2019 alumna of The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship...
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Videos
The Center for Fiction Presents Garrard Conley on All the World Beside with Marlon James
New York Times bestselling author Garrard Conley joined The Center for Fiction to celebrate his first novel All...
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Groups+Workshops
Scandal and Taboo: Revisiting the Bestselling Novels That Shocked America with Donna Raskin
Two Sessions Saturdays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT July 27 to August 24, 2024
In Person | Discover the scandalous allure of two iconic novels: Forever Amber, a bestseller of the 1940s despite being banned...