The Center for Fiction is a home for readers and writers, located at 15 Lafayette Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Visitors are welcome in our Bookstore and Café & Bar, open to the public …

Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza (Liliana’s Invincible Summer) as she discusses her new novel, Autobiography of Cotton. In this hybrid of history, …

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 …

Jun 12, 2025 · Her fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in Granta, Esquire, The New Republic, Lux, The Washington Post Magazine, VQR, and many other publications. She lives …

Jul 31, 2021 · His stories concern Cambodian American immigrants in Central and Northern California towns. Most feature gay characters, capture the racial and sexual politics of the day, …

Oct 14, 2025 · We welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson (The Orphan Master’s Son) to The Center for Fiction this fall to celebrate the release of his new novel, The …

Oct 14, 2025 · Join us in welcoming Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson (The Orphan Master’s Son) to The Center for Fiction this fall to celebrate the release of his new novel, The …

The Center for Fiction, now celebrating its 200th year, is a literary nonprofit that brings diverse communities together to develop and share a passion for fiction.

Mar 19, 2024 · The Center for Fiction’s Writing Workshops explore a wide range of forms and subjects: fiction and nonfiction, memoir and translation, prose and poetry, history and social …

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 …