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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 for Stone...
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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? Where is that room, Virginia?
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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 observed satire...
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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
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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 and Its Girl...
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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 bestselling author...
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In Translation: Brazil’s Macunaíma with Katrina Dodson, John Keene, Madhu H. Kaza, and Musician Iara Rennó
Katrina Dodson joined us to celebrate her long-awaited translation of the Brazilian modernist epic novel Macunaíma: The...
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The Center for Fiction and Sant Jordi USA Present Papyrus with Irene Vallejo, Sarah Ruden, and Charlotte Whittle
The Sant Jordi Festival of Books & Roses in Barcelona is one of the most enchanting and colorful book fairs in the world, spilling bookstands...
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Letters to a Writer of Color with Deepa Anappara, Taymour Soomro, Amitava Kumar, and Madeleine Thien
“To write like my peers in a Western classroom I have to erase myself, but if I erase myself I have no story” —Deepa Anappara, “On the...
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The Center for Fiction Presents V (Formerly Eve Ensler) on Reckoning with Carole Zimmer
The Center For Fiction welcomed award-winning journalist, reporter, and producer Carole Zimmer for a live taping of her fearless...