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A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live
The author joins Deborah Treisman live at the Hot Docs podcast festival to read and discuss the story “Varieties of Exile,” which was published in a 1976 issue of The New Yorker.
Lucinda Rosenfeld Reads Annie Ernaux
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Returns,” which was published in a 2022 issue of The New Yorker.
Andrew O’Hagan Reads Donald Antrim
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “An Actor Prepares,” which was published in a 1999 issue of the magazine.
David Means Reads Lorrie Moore
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Face Time,” which was published in a 2020 issue of the magazine.
George Saunders Discusses Claire Keegan
The author joins Deborah Treisman to discuss the story “So Late in the Day,” which was published in a 2022 issue of the magazine.
Ottessa Moshfegh Reads David Means
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother,” which was published in a 2017 issue of the magazine.
Jonas Hassen Khemiri Reads Vladimir Nabokov
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “A Slice of Life,” which was published in a 1976 issue of the magazine.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Ill Seen Ill Said,” which was published in a 1981 issue of the magazine.
Claire-Louise Bennett Reads Maeve Brennan
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Family Walls,” which was published in a 1973 issue of the magazine.
Clare Sestanovich Reads Alice Munro
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “The Moons of Jupiter,” which was published in a 1978 issue of the magazine.
Gary Shteyngart Reads Weike Wang
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Omakase,” which was published in a 2018 issue of the magazine.
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Ling Ma Reads Nicole Krauss
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Seeing Ershadi,” which was published in a 2018 issue of the magazine.
Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “All Will Be Well,” which was published in a 2019 issue of the magazine.
Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain,” which was published in a 2004 issue of the magazine.
Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Truth and Fiction,” which was published in a 1961 issue of the magazine.
André Alexis Reads Italo Calvino
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Waiting for Death in a Hotel,” which was published in a 2006 issue of the magazine.
Akhil Sharma Reads Joyce Carol Oates
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Zombie,” which was published in a 1994 issue of the magazine.
Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris,” by Edna O’Brien, which was published in a 1962 issue of the magazine.
Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Father-to-Be,” by Saul Bellow, which was published in a 1955 issue of the magazine.
Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where I’m Calling From,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in a 1982 issue of the magazine.