Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Events
The Art of the Short Story: Jill McCorkle on Old Crimes with Amy Hempel
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT February 28, 2024
Continuing our series about the possibilities of writing in the short form, we welcome Jill McCorkle (Life After Life...
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The Art of the Short Story: Diane Oliver's Neighbors with Tayari Jones, Lan Samantha Chang, and Dawnie Walton
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT February 21, 2024
A remarkable literary talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22—just weeks away from graduating...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Women's Intuition
A selection of five new novels with page-turning plots by women start off our reading in the new year. Here we have a novelist whose 2020 debut...
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Events
In Translation: Mathias Énard on The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild with Merve Emre
Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT February 14, 2024
The Center for Fiction welcomes Mathias Énard (Compass), winner of the Prix Goncourt, to the stage for a discussion...
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The International Library: Global Indigenous Stories
Wednesday, 4:00 pm EDT February 7, 2024
With their innovative new novels, Linnea Axelsson and Alexis Wright explore the legacy of colonialism across the globe
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The Center for Fiction Presents Xochitl Gonzalez on Anita de Monte Laughs Last with De’Ara Balenger
Monday, 7:00 pm EDT March 4, 2024
Xochitl Gonzalez (Olga Dies Dreaming) joins The Center for Fiction to celebrate and discuss her mesmerizing new novel of power, love...
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The Center for Fiction Presents Leslie Jamison on Splinters with Mary Karr
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT February 20, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome the brilliant Leslie Jamison (The Recovering, The Empathy Exams) to the stage to...
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The Center for Fiction and BCLF Present Donna Hemans on The House of Plain Truth with Maisy Card
Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT February 1, 2024
Kicking off our 2024 literary event season is Lignum Vita Award-Winning author Donna Hemans (Tea by the Sea), discussing her lyrical...
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Book RecsThe Literarians
The Literarians: 2023 Selections
Featuring titles by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tess Gunty, Percival Everett, Salman Rushdie, Rebecca Makkai, Eleanor Catton, Alba de Céspedes, Nana Kwame...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Joy to the World
This roundup of our 25 bestselling books from 2023 can act as a last-minute holiday gift guide for your family and friends—or for yourself...
