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The Center for Fiction Presents Xochitl Gonzalez on Anita de Monte Laughs Last with De’Ara Balenger
Xochitl Gonzalez (Olga Dies Dreaming) joined The Center for Fiction to celebrate and discuss her mesmerizing novel of...
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The Art of the Short Story: Jill McCorkle on Old Crimes with Amy Hempel
Continuing our series about the possibilities of writing in the short form, we welcomed Jill McCorkle (Life After Life...
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Story/Teller Arts: Tony Kushner on The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures with Isaac Butler
The Center for Fiction is thrilled to have welcomed legendary playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America) to celebrate...
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The Art of the Short Story: Diane Oliver's Neighbors with Tayari Jones, Lan Samantha Chang, and Dawnie Walton
A remarkable literary talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22—just weeks away from graduating...
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The Center for Fiction Presents Leslie Jamison on Splinters with Mary Karr
We were thrilled to welcome the brilliant Leslie Jamison (The Recovering, The Empathy Exams) to the stage to...
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The Center for Fiction and BCLF Present Donna Hemans on The House of Plain Truth with Maisy Card
Lignum Vita Award-winning author Donna Hemans (Tea By the Sea) joined us to discuss her lyrical and layered latest work...
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The International Library and Celebrate Mexico Now: Stitches, Secrets, Shame with Jazmina Barrera, Valeria Luiselli, and Christina MacSweeney
Stitches, secrets, shame: Mexican writer Jazmina Barrera’s first novel, Cross-Stitch, translated into English by Christina...
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The Center for Fiction Presents Katherine Vaz on Above the Salt
The Center for Fiction welcomed Katherine Vaz to celebrate her latest novel. Above the Salt follows two Portuguese refugees...
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The Center for Fiction Presents Lisa Gornick on Ana Turns with Joan Silber
We welcomed Lisa Gornick (The Peacock Feast, Louisa Meets Bear) to The Center for Fiction to discuss Ana Turns...
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The Center for Fiction Presents Ed Park on Same Bed Different Dreams with Hua Hsu
The Center for Fiction was thrilled to welcome Ed Park, author of the novel Personal Days and founding editor of The...