The New Yorker: Fiction

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.

Will Mackin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?The Falls,? by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 1996. Mackin?s first book, ?Bring Out the Dog,? was published in 2018 and won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection.

Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?In the Name of Bobby,? by Julio Cortázar, 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. 

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.

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.?

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 year?s Pulitzer Prize.

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.

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.

Téa 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.?

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.

Douglas Stuart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Fjord of Killary,? by Kevin Barry, which appeared in a 2010 issue of the magazine. Stuart?s first novel, ?Shuggie Bain,? won the Booker Prize in 2020.

Hisham Matar joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?One Minus One,? by Colm Tóibín, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. Matar?s most recent book, the memoir ?A Month in Siena,? came out last year.

Chang-rae Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Coming Soon,? by Steven Millhauser, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine. Lee?s sixth novel, ?My Year Abroad,? will be published in February.

Samantha Hunt joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?A Sheltered Woman,? by Yiyun Li, which appeared in a 2014 issue of the magazine. Hunt?s 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 Foundations?s 5 Under 35 Award in 2006.

Elizabeth Strout joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Bravado,? by William Trevor, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. Strout?s most recent book, ?Olive Again,? an Oprah?s book-club pick, was published in 2019. 

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. Packer?s story collection, ?Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,? was published in 2003.

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.?

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. Orange?s first novel, ?There There,? was published in 2018 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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. Goodman?s books include ?The Family Markowitz? and ?The Chalk Artist.? 

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. Washington?s début story collection, ?Lot,? was published last year, and his first novel, ?Memorial,? will come out in October. 

Kristen Roupenian joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Afternoon in Linen,? by Shirley Jackson, which appeared in a 1943 issue of the magazine. Roupenian?s début 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.? 

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. 

Greg Jackson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Where You?ll 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 Foundation?s 5 Under 35 Award. 

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.? 

Andrea Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Barn Burning,? by Haruki Murakami, which appeared in a 1992 issue of the magazine. Lee?s 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. 

Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Dédé,? 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 year?s ?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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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."

 

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 story collections, 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."

Joseph O'Neill joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Pet," by Nadine Gordimer, from a 1962 issue 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.

Orhan Pamuk joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Ibn Hakkan Al-Bokhari, Dead in his Labyrinth," by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1970 issue 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.

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.

 

Stuart Dybek joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Miracle Polish," by Steven Millhauser, from a 2011 issue 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.

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.

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.

Kate Walbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Pet Milk,? by Stuart Dybek, from a 1984 issue of the magazine.

Ottessa Moshfegh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "My Life Is a Joke," by Sheila Heti, from a 2015 issue of the magazine.

 

A.M. Homes joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?Stone Mattress,? by Margaret Atwood, from a 2011 issue of the magazine.

Hari Kunzru reads and discusses ?The Colonel's Daughter,? by Robert Coover, from a 2013 issue of The New Yorker.

Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ?The Book of Sand,? by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1976 issue of the magazine.

Lorrie Moore joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Naked Ladies," by Antonya Nelson, from a 1992 issue of the magazine.

Colin Barrett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stuff" by Joy Williams, from a 2016 issue of the magazine.

David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Leopard," by Wells Tower from a 2008 issue of the magazine.

 

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 David Sedaris read and discussed "Roy Spivey," by Miranda July. This is a re-release of that podcast.