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October 18

The Price of the Ticket

by Kia Corthron

Originally published in the July/August 2016 issue of The Dramatist

Three years ago I was standing in the lobby of a theater, the typical Broadway cluster-mob awaiting entrance, with more than half the horde African-American. This would be logical, as the show was the musical revue After Midnight, a refurbishing of a prior concert piece entitled Cotton Club Parade celebrating Ellington-era jazz and dance. Inside, my sister and I were led to our orchestra seats, and I looked around: not another black face in sight. It took me a moment to realize that The Mystery of the Vanishing Black Folks likely would have been quickly resolved had we moved up to the balconies. But from where I sat, observing the complexion of the performers versus that of the onlookers, it was the Cotton Club, the Colors entertaining the Caucasians, and that the upper tiers may have been filled with black faces was not exactly comforting, an economically induced throwback to Jim Crow segregation with African Americans relegated to the peanut gallery.

August 31

December 07
Drumroll please! The winner of the Center for Fiction’s 2016 First Novel Prize is . . . . . . .
May 08

May 20

November 21

Our 2016–2017 academic catalog is here. Download the pdf, and send us an email at academic@sevenstories.com for any questions, comments, or desk or examination copy requests! The catalog's introductory letter to educators can be found below.

June 05

The Seven Stories fiction list began with Nelson Algren stories, with titles like "The Face on the Barroom Floor" and "The Lightless Room." These are not exactly beach reads, nor are the books you'll find below. What you will find are novels rooted in this world, presenting the dignity of people struggling to make sense of it and in one way or another to change it.

So, this is another kind of summer fiction list. We hope you'll find much that will challenge, inspire, and engage, in times of darkness and of light.

All titles 50% off for one week only, through June 14, 5:00PM EST.

May 02

February08
Join Kia Corthron in London for the UK launch of her masterpiece The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter.
London, United Kingdom
7.30pm
Burley Fisher Books
May18
Kia Corthron reads from 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winner The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter
Brooklyn, NY
7.30pm
Pete's Candy Store
September17
Writers Jeffery Renard Allen ("Song of the Shank"), Kia Corthron ("The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter"), and Min Jin Lee ("Pachinko") discuss the challenges they faced when offering a new perspective on specific historical moment. Moderated by Isaac Fitzg
Brooklyn, NY
11.00am
Brooklyn Historical Society Library
November18
Kia Corthron will appear with Tom Franklin on the panel Stories of Small-Town America: Two Novels.
Miami, FL
4.30pm
Miami Book Fair
January26
Kia Corthron will be reading from The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter, and her sister and fellow novelist/ playwright Kara Lee Corthron will be reading from her just-released The Truth of Right Now.
New York, NY
6.45pm
The Kraine Theater
September08
Join Kia Corthron and Niall Powderly at The Center for Fiction for the launch of Corthron's new...
Brooklyn, New York
7.00pm
The Center for Fiction
November08

Kia Corthron presents Moon and the Mars, with Robert W. Snyder

Wednesday November 8th, 2023 @...

New York, NY
7.00pm
P&T Knitwear
December09

Please join us for a reading and conversation with Kia Corthron to celebrate the...

Online, Internet!
7.00pm
Prairie Lights Bookstore
February03

An exploration of NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War...

New York, NY
6.00pm
New York Society Library
October20
An exploration of NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War...
Online, The Internet!
5.00pm
Powell's
February15

Join us on YouTube Live for a live-streamed conversation with playwright and novelist...

Online, Internet!
6.30pm
The Tenement Museum
January26

Michael Patrick MacDonald will join Kia Corthron in conversation to discuss MOON AND THE MARS,...

New York, NY
7.30pm
Irish Arts Center
September16

Irish Business Organization of New York Women's Networking and the African American Irish...

New York, NY
6.00pm
Bank of Ireland
October15
Located in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, the Festival includes readings, panel discussions, and special events, featuring emerging and established authors.
Brattleboro, VT
2.30pm
Robert H. Gibson Literary Garden
December08
Paul Auster reads Kurt Vonnegut, Kate Bornstein reads Cory Silverberg, Kia Corthron reads Octavia Butler, Francine Prose reads Annie Ernaux, Phil Jackson reads Charley Rosen. Reception to follow.
Brooklyn, NY
7.00pm
Brooklyn Public Library, Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza
February06

An intimate evening in which actors read excerpts from three critically acclaimed novels: Kia...

New York, NY
7.30pm
Rattlestick Theater
September30

The highly anticipated new novel from the winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel...

United States
7.00pm
Brooklyn Public Library
November18

Every month, your favorite BroadwayWorld-Award Winning senior citizen-redneck-lesbian welcomes...

New York, NY
7.00pm
Green Room 42
March19

Kia Corthron (Moon and the Mars) and Kim Thúy (Em) examine the pressures...

Charlottesville, VA
10.00am
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central Branch, Charlottesville, VA
May12

Calling all 2020 Grads! Russell Banks, David Brancaccio, Dan Wakefield & Kia Corthron Host a...

Zoom, The Internet
7.00pm