David 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 Bones, In the Boom Boom Room, and Hurlyburly. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theatre Award as a Master American Dramatist in 2014. His novels include Recital of the Dog and Girl by the Road at Night. Learn about...
Feb 01, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrea Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Barn Burning , by Haruki Murakami, which appeared in a 1992 issue of the magazine. Lees 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 01, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Dd , by Mavis Gallant, which appeared in a 1987 issue of the magazine. Beattie has published eleven story collections and nine novels, including Mrs. Nixon and this years A Wonderful Stroke of Luck. She was also a winner of the 2005 Rea Award for the Short Story, as well as the PEN/Malamud Award. She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 1974. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Debut of the Year. A new book of fiction, Cleanness, will be published in January. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jhumpa Lahiri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Quaestio De Centauris," by Primo Levi, translated, from the Italian, by Jenny McPhee, which appeared in a 2015 issue of the magazine. Lahiri is the author of four books of fiction, including the story collection "Interpreter of Maladies," which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, and the novel "The Lowland." She is the editor of "The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories," which was published in September. Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 magazine. Keret has published several short-story collections, including "The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God," "The Girl on the Fridge," "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door," and "Fly Already." His memoir, "The Seven Good Years," was published in 2015. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 01, 2019•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Corrie," by Alice Munro, from a 2010 issue of the magazine. Atwood is the author of numerous collections of poetry, stories, and novels, including "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Blind Assassin," which won the Booker Prize in 2000, and "Stone Mattress." A winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and the Governor General's Award, among others, she will publish "The Testaments," a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," in September. Learn about your ad choi...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kirstin Valdez Quade joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Long Black Line," by John L'Heureux, from a 2018 issue of the magazine. Quade is the author of the story collection "Night at the Fiestas," which won the National Book Critic Circle's John Leonard Prize and a "5 Under 35" award from the National Book Foundation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Sean Greer joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "I Live on Your Visits," by Dorothy Parker, from a 1955 issue of the magazine. Greer is the author of six books of fiction, including "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," "The Story of a Marriage," and "Less,"which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 03, 2019•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Emma Cline joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Metal Bowl," by Miranda July, from a 2017 issue of the magazine. Cline's first novel, "The Girls," was shortlisted for the John Leonard Award from the National Book Critics Circle and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 01, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marisa Silver joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Nawabdin Electrician," by Daniyal Mueenuddin, from a 2007 issue of the magazine. Silver is the author of two short-story collections and four books of fiction, including "The God of War" and "Little Nothing." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 01, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joy Williams joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Itch," by Don DeLillo, from a 2017 issue of the magazine. Williams is the author of four novels and five storycollections, including "The Quick and the Dead," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and "Ninety-Nine Stories of God." Her most recent book is "The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 01, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph O'Neill joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Pet," by Nadine Gordimer, from a 1962issue of the magazine. O'Neill's four novels include "The Dog" and "Netherland." His most recent book, the story collection "Good Trouble," was published last year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 01, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Orhan Pamuk joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Ibn Hakkan Al-Bokhari, Dead in his Labyrinth," by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1970issue of the magazine. Pamuk's novels include "Snow," "My Name is Red," and "The Museum of Innocence." He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 02, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dave Eggers joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Indianapolis (Highway 74)," by Sam Shepard, from a 2009 issue of the magazine. Eggers is the author of twelve books, including the novels "Heroes of the Frontier," "The Circle," and "The Wild Things." A new novel, "The Parade," will be published in March. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 01, 2018•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart Dybek joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Miracle Polish," by Steven Millhauser, from a 2011issue of the magazine. Dybek is a poet and fiction writer, whose story collections include"Paper Lantern: Love Stories" and "Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories." He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2007. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 01, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Roddy Doyle joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Community Life," by Lorrie Moore, from a 1991issue of the magazine. Doyle is the author of two story collections - "The Deportees and Other Stories" and "Bullfighting" - as well as eleven novels for adults, including "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha," which won the Booker Prize in 1993, and eight children's books. His most recent novel, "Smile," was published in 2017. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Oct 01, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "New York Girl," by John Updike, from a 1996 issue of the magazine.Hadley is the author of nine books of fiction, including the story collection "Bad Dreams and Other Stories," which was published last year. She won the Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction in 2016 and has been publishing in The New Yorker since 2002. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 03, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kate Walbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Pet Milk, by Stuart Dybek, from a 1984 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 01, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ottessa Moshfegh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "My Life Is a Joke," by Sheila Heti, from a 2015issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 02, 2018•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast A.M. HomesjoinsDeborah Treisman to read and discuss " Stone Mattress ," from a 2011 issue of The New Yorker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hari Kunzru reads and discusses The Colonel's Daughter, by Robert Coover, from a 2013 issue ofThe New Yorker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 01, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Book of Sand, by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1976 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 02, 2018•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast LorrieMoore joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Naked Ladies," by Antonya Nelson, from a 1992 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 02, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Colin Barrett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stuff" by Joy Williams, from a 2016 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 02, 2018•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Leopard," by Wells Tower from a 2008 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 02, 2018•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 winner was an episode from 2012, in which DavidSedaris read and discussed "Roy Spivey," by Miranda July. This is a re-release of that podcast. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 22, 2017•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Shirley Hazzards In These Islands, from a 1990 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 01, 2017•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew Klam joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John Updikes Twin Beds in Rome, from a 1964 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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