Fiction Talks from The Center for Fiction

About Fiction Talks from The Center for Fiction

Since 2005, The Center for Fiction has been presenting some of the most celebrated authors in contemporary fiction. Fiction Talks features exclusive talks taken from our vast archive and new interviews with celebrated writers, bringing you the thoughts, feelings, and advice of great authors from the world of fiction. The Center for Fiction is the only nonprofit literary organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to celebrating fiction. We work every day to connect readers and writers through our literary events, grants and awards, writing workshops, reading groups, and programs to help get kids reading.

Publisher

The Center for Fiction

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2018

Latest episode

21 Dec 2020

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Dec 2020

   The Art of the Short Story: Nicole Krauss on To Be a Man with Julie Orringer

   Critically acclaimed author Nicole Krauss spoke to Julie Orringer (The Flight Portfolio) on what it was like to write To Be a Man, her first short story collection. The stories explore what it means to be in a couple during these turbulent and unpredictable times.

2. 

   14 Nov 2018

   Kia Corthron, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi

   Kia Corthron, who won our 2016 First Novel Prize for her debut novel The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter, talks about writing dialect, creating empathy in her readers, and how her playwriting experience influenced her book.

3. 

   10 Jul 2018

   Jonathan Santlofer, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi

   In our latest episode of Fiction Talks, Jonathan Santlofer, a widely acclaimed author and beloved teacher at The Center, talks to Noreen Tomassi, our executive director, about his new memoir THE WIDOWER'S NOTEBOOK. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY hails the book as “a quiet stunner of a memoir… the book never loses momentum, thanks in large part to his vivid writing. This is a tender, moving, and resonant account of how life continues whether one wants it to or not.”

4. 

   14 Jun 2018

   Bonnie Nadzam, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi

   Center for Fiction Executive Director Noreen Tomassi talks to Bonnie Nadzam about her book, LIONS. Nadzam was awarded the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize for her debut novel, LAMB. She will be teaching an online writing class this summer on creativity.

5. 

   10 Apr 2018

   Julie Lekstrom Himes, interviewed by Noreen Tomassi

   Center for Fiction Executive Director Noreen Tomassi talks to Julie Lekstrom Himes about her debut novel, Mikhail and Margarita, winner of the 2017 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

6. 

   6 Mar 2018

   Paul La Farge interviewed by Noreen Tomassi

   For our first episode of Fiction Talks, Paul La Farge discusses his novel THE NIGHT OCEAN with Center for Fiction Executive Director Noreen Tomassi.

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