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How does a writer represent the self across memoir, journalism, and fiction? How does contemporary fiction wrestle with questions of transnational identity, migration, and...
read moreSerial Killers: The Crucifixion of the Black Man in America is an original stage play by Nikki Luellen that documents violence against Black people from...
read moreCelebrate 15 years of Leah Umansky's beloved reading series, COUPLET!
This month's reading features Christopher Kondrich, Thea Matthews, Elizabeth Metzger, & R.A....
read moreEquinoctial: New & Unpublished Work celebrates the tilt of the light, year tipping on its axis, sky creased at the perfect centre. At the...
read moreThe Rally continues our TENTH season with three literary luminaries! Elyssa Goodman, GLITTER AND CONCRETE: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF DRAG IN NEW YORK CITY (Hanover Square Press);...
read moreDo you have to be born funny to write funny?
Most writers assume humor is a gift some people have and others don’t—and that it only belongs in comedy. But funny...
read moreStorytelling, poetry, writing workshops, and panel discussions as well as readings by distinguished authors will be featured at WordFest OC, an annual literary festival...
read moreSummer is a dichotomy of danger and delight. Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in NYC. Residents in Southeast Queens and The Rockaways are some of the...
read moreFriends From New York and Housing Works Bookstore present an evening with New York author Hallie Elizabeth Newton in conversation...
read moreThe 23rd Annual brevitas Festival of the Short Poem in collaboration with the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival People's Poetry Gathering—...
read moreHosted by Sarah Bridgins, Ditmas Lit is a monthly reading series in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of emerging and established...
read moreJoin us for the launch of Lucid Dreams with Daphne Palasi Andreades, author of The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize finalist Brown Girls...
read moreJoin us for an evening with Tanaïs, author of the 2022 Kirkus Prize-winning memoir In Sensorium: Notes For My People, and The Center for Fiction 2015 ...
read moreJoin us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Alexander Chee’s groundbreaking debut novel, Edinburgh, a piercing coming-of-age story that grapples...
read moreStep into the winding corridors and lavish interiors of Abernathy House as we welcome Micaiah Johnson to The Center for the launch of The Unhaunting,...
read moreOn the first Friday of the month, join us as we celebrate and launch a selection of the best debut novels published today. Be among the first to discover boundary-...
read moreSet against the vibrant backdrop of 1930s Bombay and a Europe on the brink of war, Six Days in Bombay, written by bestselling author Alka Joshi, is a...
read moreJoin us in welcoming Chinelo Okparanta, author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water, to The Center for the launch of her new...
read moreShab-e She’r (Poetry Night) CXXV
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) is Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series
Featured poets...
read moreAnnie Bloom's Books welcomes back Portland author A. Molotkov for a reading from his memoir, A Broken Russia Inside Me. He will be in conversation with fellow local...
read moreThe Blah Blah Blah Poetry Spot is a weekly open mic in San Antonio, TX. A growing community of poets and writers enjoy listening to their fellow wordsmiths on the mic in a...
read moreReading by Katie Farris and Jamil Jan Kochai, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing and Labyrinth Books
Associate Professor of Creative...
read moreJoin us on October 24, 2026 at The Haunted Book Shop as we celebrate the last of Carolyn Haines' hit Sarah Boothe Delaney Series. The _Joy To The Bones _party...
read moreJoin us on October 11, 2026, at 5pm at The Haunted Book Shop for an evening with Lagniappe's Kevin Lee to celebrate his book Sinners Above All Others: Seedy and...
read moreKerry Kennedy’s new book combines firsthand memories and exclusive access to unpublished writing to take readers inside the life of an American icon. Kerry speaks with U.S....
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