The New Yorker: Fiction
A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 223
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
Joseph O'Neill Reads Nadine Gordimer
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 b…
00:50:23 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
Orhan Pamuk Reads Jorge Luis Borges
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…
00:55:21 |
Wed 02 Jan 2019
Dave Eggers Reads Sam Shepard
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 "Hero…
00:55:31 |
Sat 01 Dec 2018
Stuart Dybek Reads Steven Millhauser
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 …
01:06:19 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
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 St…
01:10:22 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
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 collecti…
01:08:58 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
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.
00:38:48 |
Wed 01 Aug 2018
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.
00:45:24 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
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.
01:08:37 |
Fri 01 Jun 2018
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.
01:04:18 |
Tue 01 May 2018
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.
00:48:05 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
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.
01:09:48 |
Fri 02 Mar 2018
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.
00:49:45 |
Fri 02 Feb 2018
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.
00:54:15 |
Tue 02 Jan 2018
Fiction Podcast Bonus: David Sedaris Reads Miranda July
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 Seda…
00:32:14 |
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Yiyun Li
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Extra,” by Yiyun Li from a 2003 issue of the magazine.
01:11:07 |
Fri 01 Dec 2017
Lauren Groff Reads Shirley Hazzard
Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Shirley Hazzard’s “In These Islands,” from a 1990 issue of the magazine.
00:54:27 |
Wed 01 Nov 2017
Matthew Klam Reads John Updike
Matthew Klam joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John Updike’s “Twin Beds in Rome,” from a 1964 issue of the magazine.
00:59:57 |
Mon 02 Oct 2017
Curtis Sittenfeld Reads Tessa Hadley
Curtis Sittenfeld joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Tessa Hadley’s “The Surrogate,” from a 2003 issue of the magazine.
01:00:01 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
Akhil Sharma Reads Jeffrey Eugenides
Akhil Sharma reads and discusses “Baster,” by Jeffrey Eugenides.
00:56:13 |
Tue 01 Aug 2017
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