The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

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Apr 1, 2023 · 1 hr 21 min
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Ill Seen Ill Said,” by Samuel Beckett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1981. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of a memoir and two story collections, the most recent of which, “American Estrangement,” was published in 2021.
Mar 9, 2023 · 21 min
Introducing: “In The Dark”
Introducing: “In The Dark”
Mar 7, 2023 · 1 hr 18 min
Claire-Louise Bennett Reads Maeve Brennan
Claire-Louise Bennett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Family Walls,” by Maeve Brennan, which was published in The New Yorker in 1973. Bennett has published two books of fiction, “Pond” and “Checkout 19.”
Feb 1, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Clare Sestanovich Reads Alice Munro
Clare Sestanovich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Moons of Jupiter” by Alice Munro, which was published in The New Yorker in 1978. Sestanovich’s story collection, “Objects of Desire,” was published in 2021.
Jan 1, 2023 · 1 hr 12 min
Gary Shteyngart Reads Weike Wang
Gary Shteyngart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Omakase,” by Weike Wang, which was published in *The New Yorker* in 2018. Shteyngart is the author of five novels including, most recently, “Lake Success” and “Our Country Friends.”
Dec 1, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Ling Ma Reads Nicole Krauss
Ling Ma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Seeing Ershadi,” by Nicole Krauss, which was published in The New Yorker in 2018. Ma is the author of the novel “Severance” and the story collection “Bliss Montage,” which came out in September.
Nov 1, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li
Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li
Oct 1, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min
Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa
Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa
Sep 1, 2022 · 1 hr 6 min
Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner
Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner
Aug 5, 2022 · 56 min
André Alexis Reads Italo Calvino
André Alexis Reads Italo Calvino
Jul 1, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min
Akhil Sharma Reads Joyce Carol Oates
Akhil Sharma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Zombie,” by Joyce Carol Oates, which was published in The New Yorker in 1994. Sharma is the author of the novels “Family Life” and “An Obedient Father,” which will be reissued in a revised version this month.
Jun 1, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min
Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien
Rachel Kushner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris,” by Edna O’Brien, which was published in The New Yorker in 1962. Kushner is the author of three novels and most recently the essay collection “The Hard Crowd,” which was published last year.
May 1, 2022 · 58 min
Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow
Camille Bordas joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Father-to-Be,” by Saul Bellow, which was published in The New Yorker in 1955. Bordas’s novel “How to Behave in a Crowd,” was published in 2017
Apr 1, 2022 · 1 hr 14 min
Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver
Sherman Alexie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where I’m Calling From,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1982. Alexie is the author of nineteen books of fiction and poetry, including “Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories” and the novel “Flight.”
Mar 1, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley
Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Friends,” by Grace Paley, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Jen is the author of nine books, including the novel “The Resisters” and the story collection “Thank you, Mr. Nixon,” which was published in February.
Feb 1, 2022 · 41 min
Alejandro Zambra Reads Bruno Schulz
Alejandro Zambra joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Loneliness,” by Bruno Schulz, translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Zambra is a Chilean poet, novelist, and story writer whose most recent novel, “Chilean Poet,” will be published in English this month.
Jan 1, 2022 · 55 min
Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett
Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett
Dec 1, 2021 · 1 hr
Will Mackin Reads George Saunders
Will Mackin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Falls,” by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 1996. Mackin’s first book, “Bring Out the Dog,” was published in 2018 and won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection.
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 hr
Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar
Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar
Oct 1, 2021 · 42 min
Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021
Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

The New Yorker: Fiction

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett

Introducing: “In The Dark”

Claire-Louise Bennett Reads Maeve Brennan

Clare Sestanovich Reads Alice Munro

Gary Shteyngart Reads Weike Wang

Ling Ma Reads Nicole Krauss

Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li

Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa

Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner

André Alexis Reads Italo Calvino

Akhil Sharma Reads Joyce Carol Oates

Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien

Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow

Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver

Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley

Alejandro Zambra Reads Bruno Schulz

Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett

Will Mackin Reads George Saunders

Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar

Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021