The Center for Fiction is thrilled to welcome Sidik Fofana, David Means, and Rebecca Miller to their stage in celebration of their accomplished new short story collections. From eight interconnected narratives centered around neighbors in the same Harlem apartment complex to intense speculative visions of the future, these collections show some of the wildly diverse possibilities of the exciting and multifaceted world of the contemporary short story. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs is the publishing debut from The Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellowship alum Sidik Fofana; Two Nurses, Smoking is David Means’s fifth collection; and Total is filmmaker, director, and novelist Rebecca Miller’s second collection. Dive in with them to hear about their thoughts on craft, form, process, and publication. Author Idra Novey will moderate the conversation.

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