September 3, 2019
We were delighted to host an intimate evening with Salman Rushdie on the night of the release of Quichotte! Ayad Akhtar, Joan Allen and Aasif Mandvi joined Rushdie on stage to perform excerpts from the novel.
About this series
Story/Teller
Our Story/Teller series features actors reading from new works of fiction to give audiences a taste of the language, characters, and story, followed by moderated conversations with the authors.
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Person Place Thing: Richard Russo on Somebody’s Fool with Randy Cohen, Ben Copperhead, and Brent Arnold
The Center for Fiction was thrilled to have partnered with Emmy Award-winning journalist, humorist, and writer Randy... -
Cristina García on Vanishing Maps with Ernesto Mestre-Reed
The Center for Fiction and the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival welcomed playwright and author Cristina García... -
The Art of the Short Story
The Art of the Short Story: Kate Doyle on I Meant It Once with Cara Blue Adams
Navigating one’s twenties can be confusing, with the competing forces of love, loss, nostalgia for the past, and the new responsibilities... -
The Center for Fiction Presents Jamila Ahmed on Every Rising Sun with Zeyn Joukhadar
The Center for Fiction welcomed Pakistani American writer Jamila Ahmed for the launch of her debut novel Every... -
The Center for Fiction Presents Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Promise with Marlon James
The Center for Fiction welcomed Rachel Eliza Griffiths to celebrate the debut of her new novel, Promise -
Nicole Flattery on Nothing Special with Lynne Tillman
The Center for Fiction came together to celebrate Nicole Flattery’s highly anticipated, brilliant debut novel... -
In Translation: Victoria Kielland, Damion Searls, and Merve Emre on My Men
The Center for Fiction welcomed writer Victoria Kielland and translator Damion Searls to discuss... -
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu on And Then He Sang a Lullaby with Roxane Gay
The Center For Fiction welcomed Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist, Hunger) to launch Ani Kayode... -
The International Library
The International Library Part II: Translating Traditions / Translating the Book of Genesis
A striking example of translation and its many layers—of language, of myth, of tradition—Mexican author Carmen Boullosa’s... -
The Art of the Short Story
The Art of the Short Story: M. Evelina Galang on When the Hibiscus Falls with Hannah Bae
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) and The Center for Fiction celebrated When the Hibiscus Falls, a story... -
The Art of the Short Story
The Art of the Short Story: Magogodi oaMphela Makhene on Innards with Dawnie Walton
Writer Magogodi oaMphela Makhene joined us to discuss the launch of her new short story collection, Innards... -
Tom Piazza on The Auburn Conference with David Gates
The Center for Fiction was pleased to welcome novelist and screenwriter Tom Piazza (Treme, A Free... -
Alternate Histories in Fiction with Elliot Ackerman and Christine Grillo
American history as we know it is the result of countless overlapping butterfly effects, coincidences, and collective choices -
A Reading with The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil 2022-2023 Emerging Writer Fellows
The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil 2022-2023 Emerging Writer Fellows came together for their first joint reading to share their... -
The Center for Fiction and Bellevue Literary Review Present Abraham Verghese on The Covenant of Water
The Center for Fiction was thrilled to welcome Abraham Verghese, author of the major word-of-mouth hit, Cutting... -
Joanna Biggs Presents A Life of One's Own with Lauren Oyler and Christine Smallwood
Can a woman thrive creatively and intellectually within society’s expectations? Is domesticity a trap? -
NEA Big Read 2023
NEA Big Read: A Celebration of Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown with Performances by Fang Du and Sami Ma
We couldn’t be more excited about our 2023 Big Read title, Interior Chinatown—Charles Yu’s sharply... -
The Center for Fiction Presents Vanessa Walters on The Nigerwife with Jennifer Baker
The Center for Fiction celebrated the launch of Vanessa Walters’s exceptional debut, The Nigerwife -
Sarah Cypher on The Skin and Its Girl with Zaina Arafat
The Center for Fiction welcomed Sarah Cypher for a discussion of her lush and imaginative debut, The Skin... -
Dave Barry on Swamp Story with Brendan Jay Sullivan
The Center for Fiction was thrilled to welcome the infinitely funny Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times...