Matthew Klam Reads John Updike
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 ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Episodes
The New Yorker: Fiction
A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
Episodes
Curtis Sittenfeld Reads Tessa Hadley
Curtis Sittenfeld joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Tessa Hadley’s “The Surrogate,” from a 2003 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Akhil Sharma Reads Jeffrey Eugenides
Akhil Sharma reads and discusses “Baster,” by Jeffrey Eugenides. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gabe Hudson Reads Robert Coover
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 ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Colm Tóibín Reads Mary Lavin
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
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
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
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
Junot Díaz reads and discusses "Seven," by Edwidge Danticat. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Richard Powers Reads Steven Millhauser
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
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
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
Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Mavis Gallant’s “From the Fifteenth District,” from a 1978 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Annie Proulx Reads J. F. Powers
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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Alice Mattison Reads Lore Segal
Alice Mattison reads "The First American" by Lore Segal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ben Lerner Reads John Berger
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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Karl Ove Knausgaard Reads V. S. Naipaul
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 your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dana Spiotta Reads Joy Williams
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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Anne Enright Reads Frank O'Connor
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 your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
EXTRA - Introducing The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker
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 Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker. For this special, one-time preview episode of the podcast, we’ve put together an anthology of recent readings. First, you’ll hear Michael Cunningham reading his updated fairy tale “Little Man”; next will be Zadie Smith reading her story “Escape from New York”; and, finally, Tom Hanks reading his fiction piece “Alan ...
Jonathan Franzen Reads David Means
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: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Kevin Barry Reads Brian Friel
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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rivka Galchen Read Isaac Bashevis Singer
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 ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Andrew O'Hagan Reads Edna O'Brien
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: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lydia Davis Reads Robert Gorham Davis
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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Allan Gurganus Reads Grace Paley
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 the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lionel Shriver Reads T. C. Boyle
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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sam Lipsyte Reads James Purdy
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 ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Yiyun Li Reads Patricia Highsmith
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 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Michael Cunningham Reads Harold Brodkey
Michael Cunningham joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Harold Brodkey’s “Dumbness Is Everything,” from a 1996 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices