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Stories from Italy with Jhumpa Lahiri

A celebration of the Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories with editor Jhumpa Lahiri and translators Ann Goldstein,...

“Fiction is one of the few constructive human activities in which we have the potential to make something from almost nothing

We celebrated the release of the 100th-anniversary edition of Virginia Woolf’s timely, overlooked second novel—Night...

Considered one of the most anticipated books of 2019 (LitHub), The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong (Viking...

In our Author/Editor series, we focus on one of the most important and least publicly discussed relationships in the book business

Attillah Springer spoke with six writers about how Caribbean music shapes their work and consciousness. Guests played a song...

Laureates of the Caribbean is the BCLF’s ode to the oral tradition and storyteller of the Caribbean; a tradition heavily influenced and...

We were delighted to host an intimate evening with Salman Rushdie on the night of the release of Quichotte! Ayad Akhtar, Joan Allen and...

On Wednesday, August 14th, The Center for Fiction hosted an evening of readings, music, reflection, and gratitude in celebration of the life and...

Susan Shreve, Mary Morris, and Christina Baker Kline celebrated the release of Shreve’s More News Tomorrow with a conversation...