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A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Fiction Podcast
Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2011.

Fiction Podcast
Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Stone,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2019.

Fiction Podcast
Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014.

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Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1979.

Fiction Podcast
Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Size of Things,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2017.

Fiction Podcast
Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2016.

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Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner's Wives,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1995.

Fiction Podcast
David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2021.

Fiction Podcast
Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Necklace,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1958.

Fiction Podcast
Anne Enright Reads John McGahern

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1977.

Fiction Podcast
Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Kat,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1990.

Fiction Podcast
Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “An Abduction,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2012.

Fiction Podcast
Aleksandar Hemon Reads ZZ Packer

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2000.

Fiction Podcast
Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999.

Fiction Podcast
Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2005.

Fiction Podcast
David Sedaris Reads George Saunders

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Love Letter,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2020.

Fiction Podcast
Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Every Night for a Thousand Years,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997.
Fiction Podcast
André Alexis Reads Alice Munro
The author joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro. He reads and discusses “Before the Change,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1998.

Fiction Podcast
Rachel Cusk Reads Marguerite Duras

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the stories “The Bible” and “The Stolen Pigeons,” which were published in The New Yorker in 2006 and 2007.

Fiction Podcast
David Bezmozgis Reads Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Likes,” which was published in a 2017 issue of The New Yorker.