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Kristen Roupenian Reads Shirley Jackson

Photograph by Bruno Arbesu / REA / ReduxKristen Roupenian joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Afternoon in Linen,” by Shirley Jackson, which appeared in a 1943 issue of the magazine. Roupenian’s début story collection, “You Know You Want This,” was published last year, and was just released in paperback under the title “Cat...

Deborah Treisman Reads David Foster Wallace

Photograph by Basso Cannarsa / Agence Opale / AlamyDeborah Treisman reads and discusses “Good People,” by David Foster Wallace, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. David Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of three short-story collections and three novels, including “Infinite Jest,” and “The Pale King,” which was...

Greg Jackson Reads Ann Beattie

Photograph by Panagiotis KechagiasGreg Jackson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where You’ll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, which appeared in a 1986 issue of the magazine. Jackson is the author of “Prodigals,” a story collection published in 2016, for which he won the Bard Fiction Prize and the National Book Foundation’s 5...

David Rabe Reads “The Other Side of the Street,”by John Updike

Photograph by Joe Kohen / GettyDavid Rabe joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Other Side of the Street,” by John Updike, which appeared in a 1991 issue of the magazine. Rabe, a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, is the author of more than a dozen plays, including the Tony Award-winning “Sticks and...

Andrea Lee Reads “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami

Photograph Courtesy Andrea LeeAndrea Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami, which appeared in a 1992 issue of the magazine. Lee’s books of fiction include “Sarah Phillips,” “Interesting Women,” and “Lost Hearts in Italy.” A new book, “Red Island House,” will be published by Scribner in 2021.Source link

A Decade of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast

It wasn’t ten but thirteen or fourteen years ago, at one of the New Yorker Fiction department’s weekly meetings, as we were discussing possible “iPad extras”—multimedia add-ons that would expand our offerings beyond the dimension of print—that Roger Angell, an editor and contributor to the magazine for decades, was bemoaning the fact that the...

Ann Beattie Reads Mavis Gallant

Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Dédé,” by Mavis Gallant, from a 1987 issue of The New Yorker.Source link

Garth Greenwell Reads Jean Stafford

Garth Greenwell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Shorn Lamb,” by Jean Stafford, which appeared in a 1953 issue of the magazine. Greenwell is a fiction writer, poet, and critic. His first novel, “What Belongs to You,” was published in 2016, and won the British Book Award for début of the year....

Jhumpa Lahiri Reads Primo Levi

Jhumpa Lahiri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Quaestio De Centauris,” by Primo Levi, from a 2015 issue of The New Yorker.Source link

Etgar Keret Reads Janet Frame

Etgar Keret joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “You Are Now Entering the Human Heart,” by Janet Frame, from a 1969 issue of The New Yorker.Source link