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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Only Connect
To take the sting out of the end of Daylight Saving Time, we’ve started compiling your cold weather reading lists, including: a spectacular...
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Groups+Workshops
1000 Words: A Communal Writing Event with Jami Attenberg and Hannah Tinti (in-person) (January 2024)
Wednesday, 6:00 pm EDT January 10, 2024
In the spring of 2018, New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg faced a looming deadline
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Videos
In Translation: The Complete Clarice Lispector Translations
We celebrated the complete set of new Clarice Lispector translations published by New Directions—an enormous two-decade project...
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Events
You're Invited to The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Fête
Friday, 6:30 pm EDT - 10:00 pm EDT December 1, 2023
Celebrate the finalists for the 2023 First Novel Prize with readings, an open bar, door prizes, and more!
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VideosStory/Teller
Story/Teller Arts: James Ijames on Fat Ham with Jonathan McCrory
On the heels of Fat Ham’s critically acclaimed Broadway run, James Ijames joined The Center for Fiction for a rich...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
How Spooky
As we approach Halloween it seems timely to read fiction that is in some way ghostly. This week each book has disturbing aspects that fit the...
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VideosOn America
On America: Tim O’Brien on America Fantastica with Rick MacArthur
To celebrate the launch of his first novel in twenty years, American literary icon and best-selling author of The Things They Carried...
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Book RecsBookstore Picks
Take the Journey
These five books are examples of what reading pleasures still await in the fall season. An extraordinary portrait of an enslaved girl; a welcome...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Katherine Vaz on Above the Salt
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT November 14, 2023
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome Katherine Vaz to celebrate her latest novel. Above the Salt follows two...
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Events
The Center for Fiction Presents Ed Park on Same Bed Different Dreams with Hua Hsu
Tuesday, 7:00 pm EDT November 7, 2023
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome Ed Park, author of the novel Personal Days and founding editor of The...