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The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our 200-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspire a passion for literature inchildren.
THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order toFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. 2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who NYC EMERGING WRITER FELLOWSHIPS NYC Emerging Writer Fellowships. The Center for Fiction NYC Emerging Writer Fellowship Program offers grants, editorial mentorship, and other opportunities to early-career New York City-based practitioners who are at a critical moment in their development as fiction writers. Applications for this year’s Fellowships are due May 30, 2021. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between NICOLA DEROBERTIS-THEYE LAUNCHES THE VIETRI PROJECT WITH Nicola DeRobertis-Theye and Ruchika Tomar, both 2015 Emerging Writer Fellows, are reuniting to celebrate the release of DeRobertis-Theye’s debut novel.Due out on March 23, The Vietri Project follows a Berkeley bookseller who finds herself thrust into Rome society during an investigation into a mysterious foreign customer’s life and history. Tomar’s A Prayer for Travelersreceived the
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The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our 200-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspire a passion for literature inchildren.
THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order toFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. 2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who NYC EMERGING WRITER FELLOWSHIPS NYC Emerging Writer Fellowships. The Center for Fiction NYC Emerging Writer Fellowship Program offers grants, editorial mentorship, and other opportunities to early-career New York City-based practitioners who are at a critical moment in their development as fiction writers. Applications for this year’s Fellowships are due May 30, 2021. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between NICOLA DEROBERTIS-THEYE LAUNCHES THE VIETRI PROJECT WITH Nicola DeRobertis-Theye and Ruchika Tomar, both 2015 Emerging Writer Fellows, are reuniting to celebrate the release of DeRobertis-Theye’s debut novel.Due out on March 23, The Vietri Project follows a Berkeley bookseller who finds herself thrust into Rome society during an investigation into a mysterious foreign customer’s life and history. Tomar’s A Prayer for Travelersreceived the
THE CENTER FOR FICTION BOOKSTORE 11am – 7pm. 15 Lafayette Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11217. To order books for curbside pick-up and home delivery, please visit our online store. For the safety of our employees and community, anyone who enters the bookstore must wear a face mask. Questions? Email books@centerforfiction.org or give us a call at (212) 755-6710 ext. 1.LIST OF EVENTS
Wednesday, June 23 at 7pm ET. The CLMP Firecracker Awards. July 2021. Tuesday, July 6 at 6pm ET. Kristen Radtke on Seek You with Leslie Jamison. Wednesday, July 7 at 6pm ET. Dana Spiotta on Wayward with George Saunders. Wednesday, July 14 at 6pm ET. Los Cosmos de Sororidad with Lina Meruane, Nona Fernandéz, and Natasha Wimmer.FIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
STAFF | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Linda has recently come to the Center for Fiction from PEN America, where she was the director of planning & development for 13 years. She particularly enjoyed working with PEN World Voices, the international writers’ festival, founded by Salman Rushdie in 2005. BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION: ULYSSES GIVEAWAY Bloomsday—June 16th—is among Ireland’s most celebrated contributions to the global cultural calendar. Set on a single day in a single city, James Joyce’s Ulysses is both the great Dublin novel and a universal work, encompassing all human life in a way no literary work had attempted before, and which few, if any, have matched since.. Although Bloomsday is a global celebration, few THE BRIDGE BOOK AWARD VIRTUAL CEREMONY AND READING We were thrilled to host the Bridge Book Award Virtual Ceremony for the prize’s Italian winners. The Bridge Book Award unites the Italian and American communities through an exchange of premier literature. Each year, the award honors a work of fiction and aPRIDE AND JOY
Pride Month has begun and this week we celebrate with a selection that includes fiction from first-time writers and old friends alike, plus an anthology of new poetry. You can mark the occasion by reading one of these new titles featuring LGBTQ+ stories and storytellers ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at RE-VISION | THE CENTER FOR FICTION How to Revise: Step 2. Revision is process, I’d remind The Homies. And the second stage of that process is Organization. This is the stage where you ask yourself if you’ve found the right structure, if you’ve ordered your ideas and paragraphs to produce maximum effect. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between THE CENTER FOR FICTIONEVENTSGROUPS + WORKSHOPSAWARDSKIDSREADTHECENTERJOIN + GIVE
The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our 200-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspire a passion for literature inchildren.
THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order toFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON READING: SHIRLEY HAZZARD’S THE TRANSIT OF VENUS 0:00 / 59:33. Live. •. March 24, 2021 via Zoom. We celebrated a new edition of Shirley Hazzard’s classic literary masterpiece The Transit of Venus with an all-star panel of Hazzard fans. Award-winning and bestselling author Lauren Groff ( Fates and Furies, Florida ), who wrote the introduction to the new edition, moderated the panel. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between NICOLA DEROBERTIS-THEYE LAUNCHES THE VIETRI PROJECT WITH Nicola DeRobertis-Theye and Ruchika Tomar, both 2015 Emerging Writer Fellows, are reuniting to celebrate the release of DeRobertis-Theye’s debut novel.Due out on March 23, The Vietri Project follows a Berkeley bookseller who finds herself thrust into Rome society during an investigation into a mysterious foreign customer’s life and history. Tomar’s A Prayer for Travelersreceived the
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The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our 200-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspire a passion for literature inchildren.
THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order toFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON READING: SHIRLEY HAZZARD’S THE TRANSIT OF VENUS 0:00 / 59:33. Live. •. March 24, 2021 via Zoom. We celebrated a new edition of Shirley Hazzard’s classic literary masterpiece The Transit of Venus with an all-star panel of Hazzard fans. Award-winning and bestselling author Lauren Groff ( Fates and Furies, Florida ), who wrote the introduction to the new edition, moderated the panel. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between NICOLA DEROBERTIS-THEYE LAUNCHES THE VIETRI PROJECT WITH Nicola DeRobertis-Theye and Ruchika Tomar, both 2015 Emerging Writer Fellows, are reuniting to celebrate the release of DeRobertis-Theye’s debut novel.Due out on March 23, The Vietri Project follows a Berkeley bookseller who finds herself thrust into Rome society during an investigation into a mysterious foreign customer’s life and history. Tomar’s A Prayer for Travelersreceived the
THE CENTER FOR FICTION BOOKSTORE 11am – 7pm. 15 Lafayette Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11217. To order books for curbside pick-up and home delivery, please visit our online store. For the safety of our employees and community, anyone who enters the bookstore must wear a face mask. Questions? Email books@centerforfiction.org or give us a call at (212) 755-6710 ext. 1.LIST OF EVENTS
Wednesday, June 23 at 7pm ET. The CLMP Firecracker Awards. July 2021. Tuesday, July 6 at 6pm ET. Kristen Radtke on Seek You with Leslie Jamison. Wednesday, July 7 at 6pm ET. Dana Spiotta on Wayward with George Saunders. Wednesday, July 14 at 6pm ET. Los Cosmos de Sororidad with Lina Meruane, Nona Fernandéz, and Natasha Wimmer.FIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
STAFF | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Linda has recently come to the Center for Fiction from PEN America, where she was the director of planning & development for 13 years. She particularly enjoyed working with PEN World Voices, the international writers’ festival, founded by Salman Rushdie in 2005. BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION: ULYSSES GIVEAWAY Bloomsday—June 16th—is among Ireland’s most celebrated contributions to the global cultural calendar. Set on a single day in a single city, James Joyce’s Ulysses is both the great Dublin novel and a universal work, encompassing all human life in a way no literary work had attempted before, and which few, if any, have matched since.. Although Bloomsday is a global celebration, fewPRIDE AND JOY
Pride Month has begun and this week we celebrate with a selection that includes fiction from first-time writers and old friends alike, plus an anthology of new poetry. You can mark the occasion by reading one of these new titles featuring LGBTQ+ stories and storytellers ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at RE-VISION | THE CENTER FOR FICTION How to Revise: Step 2. Revision is process, I’d remind The Homies. And the second stage of that process is Organization. This is the stage where you ask yourself if you’ve found the right structure, if you’ve ordered your ideas and paragraphs to produce maximum effect. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between HOW CAN WE PITCH BOOKS TO DIVERSIFY TRANSLATED LITERATURE Can translators be political in how they choose and pitch their work? Translators Anton Hur and Jeffrey Zuckerman discuss how literary translators can shape their practice according to one’s beliefs and desires for social change through case studies of how THE CENTER FOR FICTIONEVENTSGROUPS + WORKSHOPSAWARDSKIDSREADTHECENTERJOIN + GIVE
The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our two-hundred-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspiring a passion for literature in children. THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order to 2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor whoFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON READING: SHIRLEY HAZZARD’S THE TRANSIT OF VENUS 0:00 / 59:33. Live. •. March 24, 2021 via Zoom. We celebrated a new edition of Shirley Hazzard’s classic literary masterpiece The Transit of Venus with an all-star panel of Hazzard fans. Award-winning and bestselling author Lauren Groff ( Fates and Furies, Florida ), who wrote the introduction to the new edition, moderated the panel. RE-VISION | THE CENTER FOR FICTION How to Revise: Step 2. Revision is process, I’d remind The Homies. And the second stage of that process is Organization. This is the stage where you ask yourself if you’ve found the right structure, if you’ve ordered your ideas and paragraphs to produce maximum effect. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between THE CENTER FOR FICTIONEVENTSGROUPS + WORKSHOPSAWARDSKIDSREADTHECENTERJOIN + GIVE
The Center for Fiction is once again partnering with The Decameron Project for a National Teen Storyteller Contest. Young writers, ages 13-18, are encouraged to submit your best work on the theme of Criminal and Social Justice for a chance to win up to $100 EVENTS | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Become a Member. Members of The Center for Fiction become part of the history of our two-hundred-year-old nonprofit, helping to support the exciting work of early-career writers and inspiring a passion for literature in children. THE FIRST NOVEL PRIZE The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year.The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor who has made it possible to increase this year’s prize from the previous amount of $10,000 in order to 2021 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2021 First Novel Prize — Eligibility, Selection Process & More. The First Novel Prize, first awarded in 2006, was created to honor the best debut fiction of the year. The winner receives a $15,000 prize with each shortlisted author receiving $1,000. In these particularly challenging times, we are enormously grateful to a generous donor whoFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
LITERARY TRANSLATION CLINICS Literary Translation Clinics. A monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels. The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at ON READING: SHIRLEY HAZZARD’S THE TRANSIT OF VENUS 0:00 / 59:33. Live. •. March 24, 2021 via Zoom. We celebrated a new edition of Shirley Hazzard’s classic literary masterpiece The Transit of Venus with an all-star panel of Hazzard fans. Award-winning and bestselling author Lauren Groff ( Fates and Furies, Florida ), who wrote the introduction to the new edition, moderated the panel. RE-VISION | THE CENTER FOR FICTION How to Revise: Step 2. Revision is process, I’d remind The Homies. And the second stage of that process is Organization. This is the stage where you ask yourself if you’ve found the right structure, if you’ve ordered your ideas and paragraphs to produce maximum effect. ON “THE DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK” BY ANTON CHEKHOV “The Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity, and for the way I can feel the hand of the author all over it: In the opening words, where he explains almost defensively that the clerk is every bit as fine as the evening; in the authorial interruption for commentary on the relationship between THE CENTER FOR FICTION BOOKSTORE 11am – 7pm. 15 Lafayette Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11217. To order books for curbside pick-up and home delivery, please visit our online store. For the safety of our employees and community, anyone who enters the bookstore must wear a face mask. Questions? Email books@centerforfiction.org or give us a call at (212) 755-6710 ext. 1.LIST OF EVENTS
List of Events. May 2021. Wednesday, May 5 at 6pm ET. Fiona Mozley on Hot Stew with Arianna Rebolini. Thursday, May 6 at 1pm ET. Olivia Laing on Everybody with Maggie Nelson. Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30pm ET. Memoirs of a Fiction Writer: Courtney Zoffness andFIRST FICTION
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, Guernica, and Out,among others.
STAFF | THE CENTER FOR FICTION Linda has recently come to the Center for Fiction from PEN America, where she was the director of planning & development for 13 years. She particularly enjoyed working with PEN World Voices, the international writers’ festival, founded by Salman Rushdie in 2005.RESEARCH YOUR LIFE
Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.. He is a contributing editor at the New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR.His essays and stories have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, T magazine, Tin House, Slate, and Guernica, among ON “SALVATION” BY LANGSTON HUGHES On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. “Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact and complete story. Here are five things I like about it: The control of time. As the story opens, time breezes along in the weeks leading up to the revival meeting at THE BRIDGE BOOK AWARD The Bridge / Il Ponte is a project of Casa Delle Letterature of Rome and the Embassy of the United States of America in Rome.The Center for Fiction joined as the American partner in 2019. Now in its sixth year, the award is sponsored by Centro Per il Libro e La Lettura, CEPELL, and the Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori, FUIS, in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome, the RE-VISION | THE CENTER FOR FICTION How to Revise: Step 2. Revision is process, I’d remind The Homies. And the second stage of that process is Organization. This is the stage where you ask yourself if you’ve found the right structure, if you’ve ordered your ideas and paragraphs to produce maximum effect. ON “BAD NEIGHBORS” BY EDWARD P. JONES Like all of the stories in both collections, “Bad Neighbors” is set in Washington, D.C., on the streets of a neighborhood that was once white, changed to black, and is on its way to becoming white, again. When the Benningtons, the supposed bad neighbors, move into the black, upwardly mobile neighborhood, they are immediately thought tobe
NICOLA DEROBERTIS-THEYE LAUNCHES THE VIETRI PROJECT WITH Nicola DeRobertis-Theye and Ruchika Tomar, both 2015 Emerging Writer Fellows, are reuniting to celebrate the release of DeRobertis-Theye’s debut novel.Due out on March 23, The Vietri Project follows a Berkeley bookseller who finds herself thrust into Rome society during an investigation into a mysterious foreign customer’s life and history. Tomar’s A Prayer for Travelersreceived the
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2019 ANNUAL AWARDS & BENEFIT DINNER Tuesday, December 10th at Cipriani Our 2019 Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner will be held on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH at The Cunard Building, 25 Cipriani BroadwayRead More
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ZORA NEALE HURSTON: A GENIUS OF THE SOUTH Tuesday, February 25th - May 26th at The Center for Fiction This reading group is designed for those interested in and delving into other facets of Zora Neale Hurston’s work during and after theHarlem Renaissance
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DYSTOPIAN FICTION, PAST & PRESENT Tuesday, March 10th - June 2nd at The Center for Fiction Rapid technological change. Declining social cohesion. Existential doubt about the nature of truth. We’ve been here beforeRead More
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GRAHAM GREENE: BELIEF & DOUBT Wednesday, February 26th - June 24th at The Center for Fiction In five of Graham Greene’s most celebrated novels, Greene traverses the polarities between which his characters exist and struggle: Belief...Read More
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2019 ANNUAL AWARDS AND BENEFIT DINNER Tuesday, 6:30 pm December 10, 2019 Our 2019 Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner will be held on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH at The Cunard Building, 25 Cipriani Broadway*
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2019 FIRST NOVEL FÊTE Monday, 6:30 pm December 9, 2019 Join us as we celebrate this year’s First Novel Prize finalists with readings, cocktails & door prizes! Proceeds support our KidsRead/KidsWrite...*
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JUNIOR EDITION: SUIT UPCelia McGee
This Junior Edition features tales inspired by mythology & folklore. From Anansi to Antigone, these books have deep storytelling roots.EVENTS
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2019 FIRST NOVEL FÊTE 6:30 pm at The Center for Fiction* Dec 10
2019 ANNUAL AWARDS AND BENEFIT DINNER 6:30 pm at CiprianiGROUPS + WORKSHOPS
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MEMBERS ONLY: THE LITERARIANS Wednesday, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm December 18, 2019 The Literarians is a free discussion group open to members of TheCenter.
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WRITERS COUNCIL PICKS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FROM RICHARD POWERSRichard Powers
Check out six great picks from novelist Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of _The Overstory _and member of our WritersCouncil.
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OCTOBER BEST SELLERS From Ben Lerner’s _The Topeka School_ to Tressie McMillan Cottom’s _Thick_ and Jia Tolentino’s _Trick Mirror_...Book Recs
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THE 2019 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE: SHORT LIST By The Center for Fiction We are pleased to announce that debut novels by Chia-Chia Lin, Julia Phillips, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Ocean Vuong, Joe Wilkins, Lauren Wilkinson, and De’Shawn Charles Winslow are shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize!Read More
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WRITERS COUNCIL PICKS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JONATHAN FRANZENBy Jonathan Franzen
National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen (_The Corrections_, _Freedom_,_ The End of the End of the Earth_) on six ofhis favorite reads.
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