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Tonight, tonight, tonight!

Huge pub day congrats to two fave Franklin Park Reading Series stars—Garth Greenwell (Small Rain) and Idra Novey (Soon and Wholly)! Really enjoyed Garth’s conversation tonight at The Center for Fiction with Alexandra Schwartz and it was a pleasure to catch up with Idra!

I feel stupidly lucky to get to lead a Jane Austen reading group at the Center for Fiction in November—join me in reading Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion (one of my favourite novels ever, THE most romantic). Sign up here: centerforfiction.org/group-workshop…

Don't miss tonight's incredible double feature presented with Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival. In just one night, you'll hear from Edwidge Danticat, Roxane Gay, @TiphanieYanique, Jasmine Sealy, Angie Cruz, and @KellieMagnus. In other words, pure ❤️‍🔥. Check out the alt text for registration!

Today, September 5 7:00pm The Center for Fiction hosts a keynote book launch and conversation between Professor Edwidge Danticat and Professor Roxane Gay as part of the 2024 Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival. Tickets and more information: tinyurl.com/yhx3n5m9 AAADS_IRAAS_ColumbiaU

📷We are now hiring for two positions: Interim Café Manager and Part-Time Bookseller! Learn more about both positions at our website tinyurl.com/ycye5fab.

A wonderful evening The Center for Fiction listening to Edwidge Danticat and roxane gay weaving Haiti into their amazing conversation. Happy to be here with #Haitianwomenscollective partners.

My little monster at the The Center for Fiction! Love it. Thank you for the kind words, Melanie. And thanks for sharing, Cecilia.

This. Is. Tonight. Join us!

Free tonight? Not anymore! Join past The Cullman Center Fellows Danzy Senna and Jennifer Egan in conversation at the The Center for Fiction:

Thursday I’m at Brooklyn Caribbean Lit Fest Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival for Edwidge Danticat’s book release at The Center for Fiction waiting for signing after a wonderful convo between Edwidge & Roxane Gay. And I had the joy of meeting Jodi M. Savage 😃💛 who gifted & signed her mother daughter book!

Only a few days until our one-session reading group on Grace Paley's wry, expansive short story "An Interest in Life". Join us at The Center on Thursday, 9/12! Your ticket includes a complimentary drink from Our Café & Bar🍸. Register here tinyurl.com/2m53ds9n.

Book lovers! JLF International comes to NYC! Day 2 at @asiasociety features: @shashitharoor & Aroon Purie Navdeep Suri Vidya Shah & Sanjoy K Roy Tania James & me. Still time to register for Day 3 at @center4fiction & National Arts Club jlflitfest.org/new-york/sched… #jlfnewyork #jlfusa

"In any long-steeped fiction, the premise evolves, fissions or becomes irrelevant as the story grows; new answers give rise to newer and subtler questions." An excerpt from Devika Rege's incredible debut novel QUARTERLIFE, via Literary Hub: lithub.com/quarterlife/

Only 1⃣ day left to register for our single-session reading group on Grace Paley's 1959 short story, "An Interest In Life". Sign up ASAP! This season, attendees will receive a complimentary cocktail or mocktail from our Café & Bar tinyurl.com/2m53ds9n.

There's still time to snag your ticket! tinyurl.com/4x8jrf97

The form picks you, and through the project, I found my voice and the vast possibilities that fiction writing offers. devika rege spks with nermeen shaikh The Center for Fiction JLF International #JLFNEWYORK

My protagonist Rohit, through his journey to discover his roots, empathizes with the angry young men who he meets who are very much part of the right wing narrative in India, quite different from his own liberal friends from Mumbai who were more part of his world. Devika Rege

My daughters death were not the last to have been killed in a war, if it was so I would have borne the pain better, but every day there are more and more children being killed in my home. #Gaza Izzeldin Abuelaish spks with mohitsatyanand #JLFNEWYORK JLF International The Center for Fiction #JLFUSA