A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
Andr Alexis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Waiting for Death in a Hotel , by Italo Calvino, translated, from the Italian, by Martin McLaughlin, which was published in The New Yorker in 2006. Alexiss novels include Childhood, Days by Moonlight, and Fifteen Dogs, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2015. 2022 Italo Calvino, performed with permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Rachel Kushner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris , by Edna OBrien, 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
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. Bordass novel How to Behave in a Crowd, was published in 2017 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sherman Alexie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Where Im 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Kevin Barry joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss A Family Man , by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Barry is a winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and the author of six books of fiction, most recently the story collection That Old Country Music, which came out in 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Will Mackin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Falls , by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 1996. Mackins first book, Bring Out the Dog, was published in 2018 and won the PEN /Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss In the Name of Bobby , by Julio Cortzar, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Lerner is the author of seven books of fiction and poetry, including the novels 10:04 and The Topeka School, which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Donald Antrim joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Balloon , by Donald Barthelme, which was published in The New Yorker in 1966. Antrim is the author of three novels and the story collection The Emerald Light in the Air. His memoir, One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival, will be published this month. The Balloon (c) 1966, by Donald Barthelme, performed with permission of the Wylie Agency, LLC. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Rebecca Curtis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey , by Haruki Murakami, which was published in The New Yorker in 2020. Curtis is the author of the story collection Twenty Grand: and Other Tales of Love and Money. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Ann Patchett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Proxy Marriage , by Maile Meloy, which was published in The New Yorker in 2012. Patchett is the author of eight novels, including Commonwealth and The Dutch House, which was a finalist for last years Pulitzer Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Susan Choi joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Found Objects , by Jennifer Egan, which was published in The New Yorker in 2007. Choi is the author of five novels, including My Education and Trust Exercise, which won the National Book Award in 2019. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Ben Okri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time , four short fiction pieces by Franz Kafka, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, which were published in The New Yorker in June of 2020. Okri is the author of two dozen books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including the novels The Famished Road, which won the Booker Prize in 1991, and The Freedom Artist, which was published in 2019. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Ta Obreht joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Gallatin Canyon , by Thomas McGuane, which appeared in a 2003 issue of the magazine. Obreht is the author of two novels, The Tiger's Wife and Inland. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Weike Wang joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Katania , by Lara Vapnyar, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine. Wang's first novel, Chemistry, won the PEN/Hemingway Award in 2018. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Douglas Stuart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Fjord of Killary , by Kevin Barry, which appeared in a 2010 issue of the magazine. Stuarts first novel, Shuggie Bain, won the Booker Prize in 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hisham Matar joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss One Minus One , by Colm Tibn, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. Matars most recent book, the memoir A Month in Siena, came out last year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chang-rae Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Coming Soon , by Steven Millhauser, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine. Lees sixth novel, My Year Abroad, will be published in February. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Samantha Hunt joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss A Sheltered Woman, by Yiyun Li, which appeared in a 2014 issue of the magazine. Hunts four books of fiction include the story collection The Dark Dark, which was published in 2017, and The Seas, for which she won the National Book Foundationss 5 Under 35 Award in 2006. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Elizabeth Strout joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Bravado, by William Trevor, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. Strouts most recent book, Olive Again, an Oprahs book-club pick, was published in 2019. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
ZZ Packer joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Who Will Greet You At Home , by Lesley Nneka Arimah, which appeared in a 2015 issue of the magazine. Packers story collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, was published in 2003. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
David Gilbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Three Days , by Samantha Hunt, which appeared in a 2006 issue of the magazine. Gilbert is the author of two novels, & Sons and The Normals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Tommy Orange joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss The Years of My Birth , by Louise Erdrich, which appeared in a 2011 issue of the magazine. Oranges first novel, There There, was published in 2018 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Allegra Goodman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss No Place for You My Love , by Eudora Welty, which appeared in a 1952 issue of the magazine. Goodmans books include The Family Markowitz and The Chalk Artist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss U.F.O. in Kushiro , by Haruki Murakami, which first appeared in a 2001 issue of the magazine and was then republished in 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami devastated northern Japan. Washingtons dbut story collection, Lot, was published last year, and his first novel, Memorial, will come out in October. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Kristen Roupenian joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Afternoon in Linen , by Shirley Jackson, which appeared in a 1943 issue of the magazine. Roupenians dbut story collection, You Know You Want This, was published last year, and was just released in paperback under the title Cat Person and Other Stories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Deborah 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 published posthumously, in 2011, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Greg Jackson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Where Youll 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 Foundations 5 Under 35 Award. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
