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Lola Akinmade Åkerström on In Every Mirror She’s Black with Zakiya Dalila Harris
Award-winning author, speaker, and photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström was joined by bestselling novelist Zakiya Dalila...
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In Translation: Sjón on Red Milk with Sam Anderson
The year is 1962, and an Icelandic man is found dead on a train bound for England, a map marred with a red-penned swastika in hand
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The Craft of Fiction: Anonymous Sex
Anonymous Sex is a shocking new anthology of erotic, intimate, and arousing stories—with a twist. The authors are listed in alphabetical...
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VideosStory/Teller
Story/Teller: Tochi Onyebuchi on Goliath with Ken Liu and Siddiq Saunderson
In his exhilarating adult fiction debut Goliath, author Tochi Onyebuchi stages a futuristic biblical epic through disparate...
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Jabari Asim on Yonder with John Keene
PEN finalist and critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim returns with a “wholly engrossing and expertly executed” historical...
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Jessamine Chan on The School for Good Mothers with Julia Phillips
In one of the most anticipated debuts of 2022, a single lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of...
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Charmaine Wilkerson on Black Cake with Taylor Jenkins Reid
In Charmaine Wilkerson’s exquisitely evocative debut novel, Black Cake, two estranged siblings must set aside their...
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VideosOn America
On America: Randall Kennedy on Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word with Erroll McDonald and Annette Gordon-Reed
To celebrate the publication of the twentieth anniversary edition, we were honored to host this distinguished panel discussion of Randall...
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VideosLiterary Translation Clinics
What Does It Take to Translate the Intangible?
Much of what translators work on doesn’t involve “meaning” in the dictionary sense. How do practitioners handle intangibles like rhyme...
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Watch The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration
The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration took place on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 at Cipriani 25 Brodaway