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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
205 Episodes
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Greg Jackson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Safari,” by Jennifer Egan, which was published in The New Yorker in 2010. Jackson has published a story collection, “Prodigals,” and a novel “The Dimension of a Cave,” which was one of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023. He has been publishing in the magazine since 2014.
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Labyrinth,” by Roberto Bolaño, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews, which was published in The New Yorker in 2012. HolyWhiteMountain is a Jones Lecturer at Stanford, and grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana.
In the two hundredth episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast, Rivka Galchen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Bees, Part 1,” by Aleksandar Hemon, which was published in The New Yorker in 2002. Galchen’s books include the story collection “American Innovations” and the novel “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch.”
Teju Cole joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “1=1,” by Anne Carson, which was published in The New Yorker in 2016. Cole’s novels include “Open City” and “Tremor,” which was published this year.
Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Varieties of Exile,” by Mavis Gallant, which was published in The New Yorker in 1976. Atwood is the author of more than forty books of poetry and fiction, including the novels “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments” and the story collection “Old Babes in the Wood,” which was published earlier this year. This is the first episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast to be recorded in front of a live audience. It was taped at the Hot Docs podcast festival, in Toronto, on October 21, 2023.
Lucinda Rosenfeld joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Returns,” by Annie Ernaux, translated from the French by Deborah Treisman, which was published in The New Yorker in 20233. Rosenfeld is the author of five novels, including “I’m So Happy for You” and “Class.”
Andrew O’Hagan joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “An Actor Prepares,” by Donald Antrim, which was published in The New Yorker in 1999. O’Hagan is the author of six novels, including “The Illuminations” and “Mayflies,” which was published in 2020 and won the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize.
David Means joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Face Time,” by Lorrie Moore, which was published in The New Yorker in 2020. Means is the author of a novel and six story collections, including “Instructions for a Funeral” and “Two Nurses, Smoking,” which came out in 2022.
George Saunders joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “So Late in the Day,” by Claire Keegan, which was published in The New Yorker in 2022. Saunders is the author of the novel “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and five story collections, including “Tenth of December” and “Liberation Day,” which came out last year.
Ottessa Moshfegh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother,” by David Means, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Moshfegh is the author of four novels, including “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” and “Lapvona.”
Jonas Hassen Khemiri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Slice of Life,” by Vladimir Nabokov, translated from the Russian text of 1925, by Dmitri Nabokov, in collaboration with the author, which was published in The New Yorker in 1976. Khemiri is a Swedish fiction writer and playwright whose novels include “The Family Clause” and “Everything I Don’t Remember.”
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Ill Seen Ill Said,” by Samuel Beckett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1981. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of a memoir and two story collections, the most recent of which, “American Estrangement,” was published in 2021.
We’re pleased to announce that “In The Dark,” the acclaimed investigative podcast from American Public Media, is joining The New Yorker and Condé Nast Entertainment. In its first two seasons, “In The Dark,” hosted by the reporter Madeleine Baran, has taken a close look at the criminal-justice system in America. The first season examined the abduction and murder, in 1989, of eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling, and exposed devastating failures on the part of law enforcement. The second season focussed on Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona, Mississippi, who was tried six times for the same crime. When the show’s reporters began looking into the case, Flowers was on death row. After their reporting, the Supreme Court reversed Flowers’s conviction. Today, he is a free man.  A third season of “In The Dark,” which will be the show’s most ambitious one yet, is on its way. David Remnick recently sat down with Baran and the show’s managing producer, Samara Freemark, to talk about the remarkable first two seasons of the show, and what to expect in the future. To listen to the entirety of the “In The Dark” catalogue, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Claire-Louise Bennett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Family Walls,” by Maeve Brennan, which was published in The New Yorker in 1973. Bennett has published two books of fiction, “Pond” and “Checkout 19.”
Clare Sestanovich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Moons of Jupiter” by Alice Munro, which was published in The New Yorker in 1978. Sestanovich’s story collection, “Objects of Desire,” was published in 2021.
Gary Shteyngart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Omakase,” by Weike Wang, which was published in *The New Yorker* in 2018. Shteyngart is the author of five novels including, most recently, “Lake Success” and “Our Country Friends.” 
Ling Ma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Seeing Ershadi,” by Nicole Krauss, which was published in The New Yorker in 2018. Ma is the author of the novel “Severance” and the story collection “Bliss Montage,” which came out in September.
Jamil Jan Kochai joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “All Will Be Well,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2019. Kochai is the author of two books, the novel “99 Nights in Logar,” which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the story collection “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,” which is a finalist for the National Book Award. He is currently a Hodder Fellow at Princeton.
Madeleine Thien joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain,” by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder, which was published in The New Yorker in 2004. Thien’s books include the novels “Dogs at the Perimeter” and “Do Not Say We Have Nothing,” which won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. 
Elif Batuman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Truth and Fiction,” by Sylvia Townsend Warner, which was published in The New Yorker in 1961. Batuman is the author of one book of nonfiction, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010.
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zahra shabani

I just cannot believe what really happened to me tonight! I was reading John Cheever reunion translated by Ahmad Okhovvat in persian then also Richard Ford's idea about this story. After that I downloaded the castbox app and subscribed to New Yorker fiction, sorted it from the pldest first and guess what I saw first; yesss Ford reading reunion... listening to this podcast is absolutely one of the most desirable moments in my whole life

Jan 6th
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Arian Rubio Rivera

I enjoyed a lot this homage to my favorite writer. If this one can give you the chills I would like to know your input on "Usted se tendió a su lado". Not sure if it has been translated but definitely a must to grasp again his uncomfortable view in the mom-son relations. thank you.

Oct 17th
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Za Ba

Murakami's male protagonists--even in animal forms-- are so pretentious and self-assured; probably reflecting himself

Jul 25th
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Martha Morrison

Interesting story. Terrible reader. Monotone, no difference between ideas, voices, sentences. Can you pick people who read out loud well, or let someone else read for them??!

Jul 16th
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Anne McKeon

What a brilliant reading Hisham Matar did of this story. I was thoroughly engaged with it and the ensuing conversation was an educational addition for me. Thank you so much. I try to write myself (short stories) and learn so much from these conversations. With gratefulness for these podcasts.

Jan 18th
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Gordieh Alizadeh

The short story is Atwood at her best. Besides, Homes reads the story in a voice neither too plaintive and wailing nor too affected and distant; just as it should be. Thanks to Deborah Treisman and others who made this audio version possible. Best, Zakieh. A

Dec 4th
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Sarah Kitty

The after story discussion is always so enjoyable. I like Deborah's skepticism about the accidental fall in love moment of Bridey at the end of the story. I think Ann Patchett is a romantic, but not very practical.

Nov 5th
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Frederico Campos Freitas

What role William's interest in Physics play to the story? I felt like any element have played an important part to understand or appreciate the text, though I have a hard time trying to get this particular part together..

Aug 5th
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G de Almeida

I feel Kafka writes of the futility of our efforts… nothing we do really matters because what is going to happen will happen regardless of our big sharp knives or tiny hammers

Jul 23rd
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Solmaz Dolatzade

thanks for the story and the productive discussion. I wish the transcription was available here!

Jun 8th
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Shahrzad Hashemi

loved it

Feb 4th
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Angela Tsames

Kirsten Roupenian's vocal fry is unbearable. Sorry had to skip.

Aug 11th
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Saro Khezernezhad

nice thanks

May 3rd
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usernameeh

Thought it was a diary of a person with multiple personality disdorder but then again he talks when he's already dead so.

Apr 19th
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Ricky Kruger

Margaret Atwood Bible, amazing! also, this story was fantastic :-)

Apr 7th
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Dawn Howley

Please can we have more stories? A great help at the moment.

Mar 23rd
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Teresa Wilkinson

oh dear that monotone voice took all the colour and life out of the story what a shame

Mar 17th
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Amlan Sanyal

Great listen!

Jan 3rd
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Arpan Gupta

really hard to follow , but great story . thank you

Oct 25th
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Jason Weasly

why

Sep 3rd
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