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Events
On America: Nell Irvin Painter on I Just Keep Talking with Doreen St. Félix
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT April 30, 2024
The Center for Fiction welcomes Nell Irvin Painter, esteemed historian and the New York Times bestselling author of...
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Events
In Translation: David Diop on Beyond the Door of No Return with Madhu H. Kaza
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT April 18, 2024
The Center for Fiction welcomes David Diop, International Booker Prize winner for At Night All Blood Is Black, to celebrate...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
From One Extreme to Another
This week we have novels brimming with hilarity and heartbreak, farce and catastrophe. Each extreme is hard to pull off, but these writers have...
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Events
The International Library: Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell on Tomb of Sand
Monday, 1:00 pm EDT May 6, 2024
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled.When acclaimed author Geetanjali Shree first released...
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Events
The International Library: Brown Diaspora with Moon Charania
Wednesday, 1:30 pm EDT April 3, 2024
Join us online for a livestreamed conversation about diasporic storytelling, domestic memory, and maternal experience. Moon Charania...
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VideosStory/Teller
Story/Teller Arts: Black Punk Now! Vernon Reid, Chris L. Terry, and James Spooner with Honeychild Coleman and Mariah Stovall
The Center for Fiction celebrated Black Punk Now, a bold and urgent multigenerational anthology capturing the present and looking towards...
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Events
An Uprising of Imagination: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT March 19, 2024
What is the role of fiction in climate solutions? Join authors to discuss the role of creativity in building a hopeful future.
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Fountain of Youth
Several selections this week feature young protagonists as we explore past and present: in a Polish Gothic novel; with a closeted gay teen in...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Joseph Earl Thomas on God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer with Tyriek White
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT June 20, 2024
Joseph Earl Thomas, acclaimed author of New York Times Notable Book Sink, joins The Center for Fiction to celebrate...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Claire Messud on This Strange Eventful History with Jennifer Egan
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 22, 2024
The Center for Fiction welcomes Claire Messud, acclaimed author of The Emperor’s Children and The Burning Girl...