On America
Our On America series brings writers, journalists, activists, and change-makers together to reflect on the critical issues of our times. Who are we and who are we becoming? How do the stories we tell shape who we are as a nation? Will we rise to the challenges we face?
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On America: We Are Each Other’s Harvest and the Legacy of Black Farmers
Over the past 100 years, the number of Black farmers working the land throughout the United States has gone from one million to 45,000 -
On America: A Performance of James Baldwin's "The White Problem"
In this fraught election year, The Center for Fiction was proud to present a special performance of James Baldwin’s essay... -
On America: Kendrick Lamar's Powerful Storytelling in Song with Marcus J. Moore and Touré
Award-winning music journalist Marcus J. Moore’s biography of Kendrick Lamar, rap superstar and “master of storytelling”...
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On America: The Juvenile Injustice System
In the summer of 2020, the national conversation about police brutality shifted from talk of reform to talk of dismantling an inherently unjust and racist system -
On America: Writing and Reading the Environment
Featuring Kerri Arsenault, Meehan Crist, Bathsheba Demuth, John Freeman, Emily Raboteau, and Meera Subramanian. -
Culture and Conflict: Exploration and Finding 'Home' in the Americas
Lauren Francis-Sharma and Tiphanie Yanique on Book of the Little Axe.
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Joe Wilkins Presents Fall Back Down When I Die with Pam Houston and Luis Alberto Urrea
Shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Fall Back Down When I Die explores issues of social disharmony, generational... -
Marie Mutsuki Mockett Presents American Harvest with Marlon James and Juston Wolgemuth
American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett is a beautifully written book about one woman’s experience across “the... -
Introducing… Gabriel Bump’s Everywhere You Don’t Belong with Kaitlyn Greenidge
Hilarious moments abruptly follow terrifying events in Gabriel Bump’s extraordinary debut Everywhere You Don’t Belong