The New Yorker: Fiction
The New Yorker
A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 1, 2018 • 1h 10min
Roddy Doyle Reads Lorrie Moore
Roddy Doyle joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Community Life," by Lorrie Moore, from a 1991 issue 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.
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Sep 3, 2018 • 1h 9min
Tessa Hadley Reads John Updike
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.
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Aug 1, 2018 • 39min
Kate Walbert Reads Stuart Dybek
Kate Walbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Pet Milk,” by Stuart Dybek, from a 1984 issue of the magazine.
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Jul 2, 2018 • 45min
Ottessa Moshfegh Reads Sheila Heti
Ottessa Moshfegh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "My Life Is a Joke," by Sheila Heti, from a 2015 issue of the magazine.
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Jun 1, 2018 • 1h 9min
A. M. Homes Reads Margaret Atwood
A.M. Homes joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stone Mattress," from a 2011 issue of The New Yorker.
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May 1, 2018 • 1h 4min
Hari Kunzru Reads Robert Coover
Hari Kunzru reads and discusses “The Colonel's Daughter,” by Robert Coover, from a 2013 issue of The New Yorker.
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Apr 2, 2018 • 48min
Mohsin Hamid Reads Jorge Luis Borges
Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Book of Sand,” by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1976 issue of the magazine.
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Mar 2, 2018 • 1h 10min
Lorrie Moore Reads Antonya Nelson
Lorrie Moore joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Naked Ladies," by Antonya Nelson, from a 1992 issue of the magazine.
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Feb 2, 2018 • 50min
Colin Barrett Reads Joy Williams
Colin Barrett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stuff" by Joy Williams, from a 2016 issue of the magazine.
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Jan 2, 2018 • 54min
David Sedaris Reads Wells Tower
David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Leopard," by Wells Tower from a 2008 issue of the magazine.
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