The New Yorker: Fiction
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Fiction Podcast Bonus: David Sedaris Reads Miranda July
22 Dec 2017
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Last month, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Fiction Podcast, we asked you to vote for your favorite episode from our first ten years. The win...
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Yiyun Li
01 Dec 2017
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Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Extra,” by Yiyun Li from a 2003 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choi...
Lauren Groff Reads Shirley Hazzard
01 Nov 2017
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Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Shirley Hazzard’s “In These Islands,” from a 1990 issue of the magazine. Learn about yo...
Matthew Klam Reads John Updike
02 Oct 2017
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Matthew Klam joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John Updike’s “Twin Beds in Rome,” from a 1964 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ...
Curtis Sittenfeld Reads Tessa Hadley
01 Sep 2017
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Curtis Sittenfeld joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Tessa Hadley’s “The Surrogate,” from a 2003 issue of the magazine. Learn about you...
Akhil Sharma Reads Jeffrey Eugenides
01 Aug 2017
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Akhil Sharma reads and discusses “Baster,” by Jeffrey Eugenides. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gabe Hudson Reads Robert Coover
03 Jul 2017
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Gabe Hudson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Robert Coover’s “The Frog Prince,” from a 2014 issue of the magazine. Learn about your a...
Colm Tóibín Reads Mary Lavin
01 Jun 2017
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Colm Tóibín reads and discusses “In The Middle of The Fields,” by Mary Lavin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rachel Kushner Reads Thom Jones
01 May 2017
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Rachel Kushner reads and discusses “The Black Lights,” by Thom Jones. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Salman Rushdie Reads Italo Calvino
03 Apr 2017
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Salman Rushdie reads and discusses “Love Far From Home,” by Italo Calvino Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mary Gaitskill Reads John Cheever
01 Mar 2017
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Mary Gaitskill reads and discusses “The Five-Forty-Eight,” by John Cheever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Junot Díaz Reads Edwidge Danticat
01 Feb 2017
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Junot Díaz reads and discusses "Seven," by Edwidge Danticat. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Richard Powers Reads Steven Millhauser
03 Jan 2017
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Richard Powers reads and discusses “A Visit,” by Steven Millhauser Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
David Means Reads Sherman Alexie
01 Dec 2016
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David Means reads and discusses “The Toughest Indian in the World,” by Sherman Alexie. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ben Marcus Reads Mary Gaitskill
01 Nov 2016
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Ben Marcus reads and discusses "A Dream of Men," by Mary Gaitskill. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Karen Russell Reads Mavis Gallant
03 Oct 2016
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Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Mavis Gallant’s “From the Fifteenth District,” from a 1978 issue of the magazine. Lear...
Annie Proulx Reads J. F. Powers
01 Sep 2016
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Annie Proulx joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss J. F. Powers’s “A Losing Game,” from a 1955 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad ...
Alice Mattison Reads Lore Segal
01 Aug 2016
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Alice Mattison reads "The First American" by Lore Segal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ben Lerner Reads John Berger
01 Jul 2016
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Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John Berger’s “Woven, Sir,” from a 2001 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choice...
Karl Ove Knausgaard Reads V. S. Naipaul
01 Jun 2016
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Karl Ove Knausgaard joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss V. S. Naipaul's “Jack's Garden,” from a 1986 issue of the magazine. Learn about yo...
Dana Spiotta Reads Joy Williams
02 May 2016
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Dana Spiotta joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Joy Williams’s “Chicken Hill,” from a 2015 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad c...
Anne Enright Reads Frank O'Connor
01 Apr 2016
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Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Frank O'Connor's "The Masculine Principle," from a 1950 issue of the magazine. Learn about yo...
EXTRA - Introducing The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker
15 Mar 2016
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Beginning March 21, you’ll be able to hear the stories that appear in The New Yorker, read by their authors, on our new podcast, The Author’s Voic...
Jonathan Franzen Reads David Means
01 Mar 2016
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Jonathan Franzen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss David Means's "The Spot," from a 2006 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices:...
Kevin Barry Reads Brian Friel
01 Feb 2016
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Kevin Barry joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Brian Friel's "The Saucer of Larks," from a 1960 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad ch...
Rivka Galchen Read Isaac Bashevis Singer
04 Jan 2016
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Rivka Galchen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Cafeteria," from a 1968 issue of the magazine. Learn about your...
Andrew O'Hagan Reads Edna O'Brien
01 Dec 2015
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Andrew O'Hagan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Edna O'Brien's "The Widow," from a 1989 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices:...
Lydia Davis Reads Robert Gorham Davis
02 Nov 2015
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Lydia Davis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Robert Gorham Davis's “Then We’ll Set it Right,” from a 1943 issue of the magazine. L...
Allan Gurganus Reads Grace Paley
01 Oct 2015
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Allan Gurganus joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Grace Paley’s “My Father Addresses Me on the Facts of Old Age,” from a 2002 issue of t...
Lionel Shriver Reads T. C. Boyle
01 Sep 2015
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Lionel Shriver joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss T. C. Boyle’s “Chicxulub,” from a 2004 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad c...
Sam Lipsyte Reads James Purdy
01 Aug 2015
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Sam Lipsyte joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss James Purdy’s “About Jessie Mae,” from a 1957 issue of the magazine. Learn about your a...
Yiyun Li Reads Patricia Highsmith
01 Jul 2015
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Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Patricia Highsmith’s “The Trouble with Mrs. Blynn, the Trouble with the World,” from a 2002...
Michael Cunningham Reads Harold Brodkey
01 Jun 2015
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Michael Cunningham joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Harold Brodkey’s “Dumbness Is Everything,” from a 1996 issue of the magazine. Le...
Joshua Ferris Reads Robert Coover
01 May 2015
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Joshua Ferris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Robert Coover’s “Going for a Beer,” from a 2011 issue of the magazine. Learn about you...
Thomas McGuane Reads David Means
02 Apr 2015
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Thomas McGuane joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss David Means’s “The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934,” from a 2010 issue of the magazine. Learn...
Etgar Keret Reads Donald Barthelme
03 Mar 2015
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Etgar Keret joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Donald Barthelme’s “Chablis,” from a 1983 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad cho...
Antonya Nelson Reads Tom Drury
03 Feb 2015
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Antonya Nelson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Tom Drury’s “Accident at the Sugar Beet,” from a 1992 issue of the magazine. Learn ab...
Joseph O’Neill Reads Muriel Spark
31 Dec 2014
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Joseph O’Neill joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Muriel Spark’s “The Ormolu Clock,” from a 1960 issue of the magazine. Learn about y...
Aleksandar Hemon Reads Vladimir Nabokov
01 Dec 2014
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Aleksandar Hemon joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Vladimir Nabokov’s “Pnin,” from a 1953 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad c...
David Gilbert Reads Steven Polansky
04 Nov 2014
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David Gilbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Steven Polansky’s “Leg,” from a 1994 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choice...
George Saunders Reads Grace Paley And Barry Hannah
01 Oct 2014
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George Saunders joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Grace Paley’s “Love,” from a 1979 issue of the magazine, and Barry Hannah’s “The ...
Akhil Sharma Reads Tobias Wolff
30 Sep 2014
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Akhil Sharma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Tobias Wolff’s “The Night In Question,” from a 1996 issue of the magazine. Learn about ...
Joyce Carol Oates Reads Cynthia Ozick
30 Sep 2014
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Joyce Carol Oates joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl,” from a 1980 issue of the magazine. Learn about your a...
Miranda July Reads Janet Frame
30 Sep 2014
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Miranda July joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Janet Frame’s “Prizes,” from a 1962 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices:...
Rebecca Curtis Reads Leonard Michaels
30 Sep 2014
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Rebecca Curtis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Leonard Michaels’s “The Penultimate Conjecture,” from a 1999 issue of the magazine. L...
Tim Parks Reads Peter Stamm
30 Sep 2014
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Tim Parks reads Peter Stamm. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nathan Englander Reads John Cheever
30 Sep 2014
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Nathan Englander Reads John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jennifer Egan Reads Mary Gaitskill
04 Mar 2014
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Jennifer Egan reads Mary Gaitskill's "The Other Place." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
T. C. Boyle Reads Donald Barthelme
04 Feb 2014
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T. C. Boyle reads two short stories by Donald Barthelme: “Game” and “The School.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Paul Theroux Reads Elizabeth Taylor
03 Jan 2014
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Paul Theroux reads "The Letter Writers," by Elizabeth Taylor, which appeared in The New Yorker in 1958. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org...
Jonathan Safran Foer Reads Amos Oz
03 Dec 2013
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Jonathan Safran Foer reads Amos Oz's "The King of Norway," which first appeared in The New Yorker in 2011. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx....
Louise Erdrich Reads Joyce Carol Oates
02 Nov 2013
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On this month's fiction podcast, Louise Erdrich reads "Mastiff," by Joyce Carol Oates, which appeared in the magazine in 2013. Erdrich's latest book, ...
Jonathan Lethem Reads V. S. Pritchett
02 Oct 2013
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On this month's fiction podcast, Jonathan Lethem reads "The Rescue," by V. S. Pritchett, which was first published in The New Yorker in 1973 and can b...
Rick Bass Reads Thomas McGuane
04 Sep 2013
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Rick Bass reads "Ice," by Thomas McGuane. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Donald Antrim Reads Denis Johnson
02 Aug 2013
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Donald Antrim reads "Work," by Denis Johnson. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gary Shteyngart Reads Lorrie Moore
04 Jul 2013
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Gary Shteyngart reads "Paper Losses," by Lorrie Moore. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Robert Coover Reads Italo Calvino
05 Jun 2013
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Robert Coover reads "The Daughters of the Moon," by Italo Calvino. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Richard Ford Reads Harold Brodkey
04 May 2013
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Richard Ford reads "The State of Grace," by Harold Brodkey. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant
03 Apr 2013
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Margaret Atwood reads "Voices Lost in Snow," by Mavis Gallant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Edwidge Danticat Reads Jamaica Kincaid
07 Mar 2013
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Edwidge Danticat reads "Girl" and "Wingless," by Jamaica Kincaid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Francisco Goldman Reads Roberto Bolano
02 Feb 2013
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Francisco Goldman reads "Clara," by Roberto Bolano. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tony Earley Reads William Maxwell
03 Jan 2013
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Tony Earley reads "Love," by William Maxwell. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hisham Matar Reads Jorge Luis Borges
04 Dec 2012
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Hisham Matar reads "Shakespeare's Memory," by Jorge Luis Borges. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
David Sedaris Reads Miranda July
02 Nov 2012
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David Sedaris reads "Roy Spivey," by Miranda July. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sherman Alexie Reads Jessamyn West
05 Oct 2012
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Sherman Alexie reads "The Lesson," by Jessamyn West. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tessa Hadley Reads Nadine Gordimer
06 Sep 2012
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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. Th...
Maile Meloy Reads Laurie Colwin
02 Aug 2012
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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 ...
James Salter Reads Reynolds Price
30 Jun 2012
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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...
Dave Eggers Reads Roddy Doyle
02 Jun 2012
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Dave Eggers reads Roddy Doyle's "Bullfighting," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bullfighting" was published ...
Matthew Klam Reads Charles D’Ambrosio
02 May 2012
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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...
Colm Toibin Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner
17 Mar 2012
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Colm Toibin reads Sylvia Townsend Warner's "The Children's Grandmother," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The...
Nicole Krauss Reads Bruno Schulz
18 Feb 2012
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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 Esc...
Thomas Beller Reads Niccolo Tucci
19 Jan 2012
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Thomas Beller reads Niccolo Tucci's "The Evolution of Knowledge," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "The Evolut...
Tea Obreht Reads Stephanie Vaughn
16 Dec 2011
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Tea Obreht reads Stephanie Vaughn's "Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Able, Baker...
Said Sayrafiezadeh Reads Thomas Beller
19 Nov 2011
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Said Sayrafiezadeh reads Thomas Beller's "A Different Kind of Imperfection," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. ...
Colum McCann Reads Benedict Kiely
19 Oct 2011
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Colum McCann reads Benedict Kiely's "Bluebell Meadow," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bluebell Meadow" was ...
Ben Marcus Reads Kazuo Ishiguro
22 Sep 2011
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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 Da...
Salman Rushdie Reads Donald Barthelme
20 Aug 2011
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Salman Rushdie reads Donald Barthelme's "Concerning the Bodyguard," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Concerni...
ZZ Packer Reads Stuart Dybek
16 Jul 2011
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ZZ Packer reads Stuart Dybek's "Paper Lantern," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Paper Lantern" was published...
Lauren Groff Reads Alice Munro
22 Jun 2011
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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 ...
Allegra Goodman Reads John Updike
21 May 2011
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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...
Sam Lipsyte Reads Thomas McGuane
21 Apr 2011
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Sam Lipsyte reads Thomas McGuane's "Cowboy," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Cowboy" was published in the Se...
Daniel Alarcon Reads Roberto Bolano
19 Mar 2011
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Daniel Alarcon reads Roberto Bolano's "Gomez Palacio." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Anne Enright Reads John Cheever
17 Feb 2011
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Anne Enright reads John Cheever's "The Swimmer." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hilton Als Reads James McCourt
21 Jan 2011
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Hilton Als reads James McCourt's "Kaye Wayfaring in 'Avenged'" Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Cynthia Ozick Reads Steven Millhauser
18 Dec 2010
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Cynthia Ozick reads Steven Millhauser's "In the Reign of Harad IV." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jennifer Egan Reads Lore Segal
19 Nov 2010
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Jennifer Egan reads Lore Segal's "The Reverse Bug." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
David Means Reads Raymond Carver
15 Oct 2010
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David Means reads Raymond Carver's "Chef's House." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Reads Jamaica Kincaid
11 Sep 2010
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads Jamaica Kincaid's "Figures in the Distance." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chris Adrian Reads Donald Barthelme
13 Aug 2010
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Chris Adrian reads Donald Barthelme's "The Indian Uprising." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Salvatore Scibona Reads Denis Johnson
13 Jul 2010
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Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson's "Two Men." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rivka Galchen Reads Leonard Michaels
05 Jun 2010
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Rivka Galchen reads Leonard Michaels's "Cryptology." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Monica Ali Reads Joshua Ferris
14 May 2010
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Monica Ali reads Joshua Ferris's "The Dinner Party." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chang-Rae Lee Reads Don DeLillo
13 Apr 2010
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Chang-Rae Lee reads Don DeLillo's "Baader-Meinhof." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lorrie Moore Reads Julie Hayden
20 Mar 2010
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Lorrie Moore reads Julie Hayden's "Day-Old Baby Rats." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Julian Barnes Reads Frank O’Connor
12 Feb 2010
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Julian Barnes reads Frank O'Connor's "The Man of the World." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Karen Russell Reads Carson McCullers
15 Jan 2010
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Karen Russell reads Carson McCullers's "The Jockey." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Junot Diaz Reads Edwidge Danticat
15 Dec 2009
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Junot Diaz reads Edwidge Danticat's "Water Child." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Yiyun Li Reads John McGahern
12 Nov 2009
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Yiyun Li reads John McGahern's "The Wine Breath." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Orhan Pamuk Reads Vladimir Nabokov
14 Oct 2009
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Orhan Pamuk reads Vladimir Nabokov's "My Russian Education" and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your...