New Yorker: Fiction
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Richard Ford reads Harold Brodkey
Richard Ford reads "The State of Grace," by Harold Brodkey.
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Margaret Atwood reads Mavis Gallant.
Margaret Atwood reads "Voices Lost in Snow," by Mavis Gallant.
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Edwidge Danticat reads Jamaica Kincaid
Edwidge Danticat reads "Girl" and "Wingless," by Jamaica Kincaid.
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Francisco Goldman Reads Roberto Bolano
Francisco Goldman reads "Clara," by Roberto Bolano.
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Tony Earley Reads William Maxwell
Tony Earley reads "Love," by William Maxwell.
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Hisham Matar reads Jorge Luis Borges
Hisham Matar reads "Shakespeare's Memory," by Jorge Luis Borges.
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David Sedaris reads Miranda July
David Sedaris reads "Roy Spivey," by Miranda July.
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Sherman Alexie reads Jessamyn West
Sherman Alexie reads "The Lesson," by Jessamyn West.
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Tessa Hadley reads Nadine Gordimer
In this month's fiction podcast, Tessa Hadley reads "City Lovers," a story by the South African writer and 1991 Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer. The story, which was published in The New Yorker in 1975, focusses on a love affair between a white man and a "colored" woman in Apartheid South Africa. It's deeply political in its details--the man is a geologist at a mining company, the couple's affair is illegal, and they cover it up by pretending that she is his servant. But Gordimer writes...
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Maile Meloy reads Laurie Colwin
Maile Meloy reads Laurie Colwin's "Mr. Parker" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Mr. Parker" was published in the April 14, 1973, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Passion and Affect." Maile Meloy's novels include "Liars and Saints" and "A Family Daughter."
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James Salter reads Reynolds Price
James Salter reads Reynolds Price's "His Final Mother" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "His Final Mother" was published in the May 21, 1990, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Reynolds Price: The Collected Stories." James Salter's novels include "The Hunters" and "Light Years."
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Dave Eggers reads Roddy Doyle
Dave Eggers reads Roddy Doyle's "Bullfighting," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bullfighting" was published in the April 28, 2008, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Bullfighting: Stories." Dave Eggers's new novel, "A Hologram for the King," comes out this month.
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Matthew Klam reads Charles D'Ambrosio
Matthew Klam reads Charles D'Ambrosio's "The Point" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Point" was published in the October 1, 1990, issue of The New Yorker and was the title story of D'Ambrosio's first collection. Matthew Klam's most recent book of stories is "Sam the Cat."
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Colum McCann reads "Transatlantic"
This edition of the fiction podcast will take a break from the regular format and will feature Colum McCann reading his own story "Transatlantic." The regular format will resume at the beginning of May, with Matthew Klam reading Charles D'Ambrosio's "The Point." "Transatlantic" was published in the April 16, 2012, issue of The New Yorker. McCann is the author of two collections of stories and five novels, including the National Book Award-winning "Let the Great World Spin."
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Colm Toibin reads Sylvia Townsend Warner
Colm Toibin reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "The Children's Grandmother," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Children's Grandmother" was published in the November 25, 1950, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Winter in the Air and Other Stories." Colm Toibin's most recent collection of stories is "The Empty Family."
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Nicole Krauss reads Bruno Schulz
Nicole Krauss reads Bruno Schulz's "Father's Last Escape," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Father's Last Escape" was published in the January 2, 1978, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories"; David Grossman wrote about Schulz in the June 8, 2009, issue. Nicole Krauss's most recent book, "Great House," was excerpted in the the magazine's 20 Under 40 issue.
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Thomas Beller reads Niccolo Tucci
Thomas Beller reads Niccolo Tucci's "The Evolution of Knowledge," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Evolution of Knowledge" was published in the April 12, 1947, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Rain Came Last & Other Stories." Thomas Beller is the author of "How to Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood."
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Tea Obreht reads Stephanie Vaughn
Tea Obreht reads Stephanie Vaughn's "Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog" was published in the June 5, 1978, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Sweet Talk," which will be reissued in 2012. Tea Obreht is the author of the novel "The Tiger's Wife."
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Said Sayrafiezadeh reads Thomas Beller
Said Sayrafiezadeh reads Thomas Beller's "A Different Kind of Imperfection," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "A Different Kind of Imperfection" was published in the February 11, 1991, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "Seduction Theory." Said Sayrafiezadeh is the author of the memoir "When Skateboards Will Be Free."
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Colum McCann reads Benedict Kiely
Colum McCann reads Benedict Kiely's "Bluebell Meadow," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bluebell Meadow" was published in the April 14, 1975, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely." Colum McCann's most recent book is "Let the Great World Spin."
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Ben Marcus reads Kazuo Ishiguro
Ben Marcus reads Kazuo Ishiguro's "A Village After Dark," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "A Village After Dark" was published in the May 21, 2001, issue of The New Yorker. Ben Marcus's upcoming book, "The Flame Alphabet," will be published in 2012.
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Salman Rushdie reads Donald Barthelme
Salman Rushdie reads Donald Barthelme's "Concerning the Bodyguard," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Listen to the mp3 on the player to the right, or right-click here to download. "Concerning the Bodyguard" was published in the October 16, 1978, issue of The New Yorker, and was collected in "Forty Stories." Salman Rushdie's most recent book is "Luka and the Fire of Life."
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ZZ Packer reads Stuart Dybek
ZZ Packer reads Stuart Dybek's "Paper Lantern," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Paper Lantern" was published in the November 27, 1995, issue of The New Yorker, and was reprinted in "The Best American Short Stories 1996." ZZ Packer is the author of the short-story collection "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere."
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Lauren Groff reads Alice Munro
Lauren Groff reads Alice Munro's "Axis," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Axis" was published in the January 31, 2011, issue of The New Yorker.
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Allegra Goodman reads John Updike
Allegra Goodman reads John Updike's "A & P," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "A & P" was published in the July 22, 1961, issue of The New Yorker and is collected in "The Early Stories: 1953-1975."
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Sam Lipsyte reads Thomas McGuane
Sam Lipsyte reads Thomas McGuane's "Cowboy," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Cowboy" was published in the September 19, 2005, issue of The New Yorker and is collected in "Gallatin Canyon."
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Daniel Alarcon reads Roberto Bolano
Daniel Alarcon reads Roberto Bolano's "Gomez Palacio."
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Anne Enright reads John Cheever
Anne Enright reads John Cheever's "The Swimmer."
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Hilton Als reads James McCourt
Hilton Als reads James McCourt's "Kaye Wayfaring in 'Avenged'"
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Cynthia Ozick reads Steven Millhauser
Cynthia Ozick reads Steven Millhauser's "In the Reign of Harad IV."
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Jennifer Egan reads Lore Segal
Jennifer Egan reads Lore Segal's "The Reverse Bug."
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David Means reads Raymond Carver
David Means reads Raymond Carver's "Chef's House."
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads Jamaica Kincaid
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads Jamaica Kincaid's "Figures in the Distance."
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Chris Adrian reads Donald Barthelme
Chris Adrian reads Donald Barthelme's "The Indian Uprising."
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Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson
Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson's "Two Men."
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Rivka Galchen reads Leonard Michaels
Rivka Galchen reads Leonard Michaels's "Cryptology."
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Monica Ali reads Joshua Ferris
Monica Ali reads Joshua Ferris's "The Dinner Party."
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Chang-Rae Lee reads Don DeLillo
Chang-Rae Lee reads Don DeLillo's "Baader-Meinhof."
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Lorrie Moore reads Julie Hayden
Lorrie Moore reads Julie Hayden's "Day-Old Baby Rats."
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Julian Barnes reads Frank O'Connor
Julian Barnes reads Frank O'Connor's "The Man of the World."
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Karen Russell reads Carson McCullers
Karen Russell reads Carson McCullers's "The Jockey."
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Junot Diaz reads Edwidge Danticat
Junot Diaz reads Edwidge Danticat's "Water Child."
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Yiyun Li reads John McGahern
Yiyun Li reads John McGahern's "The Wine Breath."
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Orhan Pamuk reads Vladimir Nabokov
Orhan Pamuk reads Vladimir Nabokov's "My Russian Education" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Marisa Silver reads Peter Taylor
Marisa Silver reads Peter Taylor's "Porte-Cochere" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Joshua Ferris reads George Saunders
Joshua Ferris reads George Saunders's "Adams" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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David Bezmozgis reads Sergei Dovlatov
David Bezmozgis reads Sergei Dovlatov's "The Colonel Says I Love You" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Jonathan Franzen reads Veronica Geng
Jonathan Franzen reads Veronica Geng's "Love Trouble Is My Business" and Ian Frazier's "Coyote v. Acme" and discusses them with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Tobias Wolff reads Denis Johnson
Tobias Wolff reads Denis Johnson's "Emergency" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story Disguised and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Joyce Carol Oates reads Eudora Welty
Joyce Carol Oates reads Eudora Welty's short story "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Roger Angell reads John Updike
Roger Angell reads John Updike's short story "Playing with Dynamite," and talks with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, about editing Updike.
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Thomas McGuane reads James Salter
Thomas McGuane reads James Salter's "Last Night," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Roddy Doyle reads Maeve Brennan
Roddy Doyle reads Maeve Brennan's short story "Christmas Eve," and discusses Brennan's relationship with Ireland and Doyle's own family, with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson
A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Gary Shteyngart reads Andrea Lee
Gary Shteyngart reads Andrea Lee's short story "Brothers and Sisters Around the World," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Tobias Wolff reads Stephanie Vaughn
Tobias Wolff reads Stephanie Vaughn's short story "Dog Heaven," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Head Cold
Jeffrey Eugenides reads Harold Brodkey's short story "Spring Fugue," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Aleksandar Hemon discusses Bernard Malamud
Aleksandar Hemon discusses Bernard Malamud's short story "A Summer's Reading" with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Mary Gaitskill reads Vladimir Nabokov
Mary Gaitskill reads "Symbols and Signs," Vladimir Nabokov's first story published in The New Yorker, and discusses it with fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
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Hilton Als discusses Jean Stafford
Invalid Souls: Hilton Als discusses Jean Stafford and her story "Children Are Bored on Sunday" with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Reading by Eliza Foss.
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Louise Erdrich reads Lorrie Moore
Louise Erdrich reads Lorrie Moores short story "Dance in America" and discusses Moore with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Jonathan Lethem reads James Thurber
Jonathan Lethem reads James Thurber's short story "The Wood Duck" and discusses Thurber with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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T. Coraghessan Boyle reads Tobias Wolff
T. Coraghessan Boyle reads Tobias Wolff's "Bullet in the Brain" and discusses Wolff with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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E. L. Doctorow reads John O'Hara
E. L. Doctorow reads John O'Hara's short story "Graven Image" and discusses O'Hara with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Jhumpa Lahiri reads William Trevor
Jhumpa Lahiri reads the short story "A Day," by William Trevor, and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Triesman
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Antonya Nelson reads Mavis Gallant
Antonya Nelson reads Mavis Gallant's short story "When We Were Nearly Young" and discusses Gallant with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Paul Theroux reads Jorge Luis Borges
Paul Theroux reads Jorge Luis Borges's short story "The Gospel According to Mark" and discusses Borges with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Gospel According to Mark" was published in The New Yorker on October 23, 1971.
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Nell Freudenberger discusses Grace Paley
Nell Freudenberger discusses Grace Paley's short story "Somewhere Else" with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. The podcast includes a reading of the story by Barbara Rosenblatt. "Somewhere Else" was published in The New Yorker on October 23, 1978.
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George Saunders reads Isaac Babel
George Saunders reads Isaac Babel's short story "You Must Know Everything" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Donald Antrim reads Donald Barthelme
Donald Antrim reads Donald Barthelme's 1974 short story "I Bought a Little City" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Junot Daz reads How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl,...
Junot Daz reads a story; Edwidge Danticat and Deborah Treisman discuss.
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Richard Ford reads a John Cheever story.
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