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The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker: Fiction

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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.© Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Sterling HolyWhiteMountain Reads Roberto Bolaño
    Feb 1 2024

    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.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Rivka Galchen Reads Aleksandar Hemon
    Jan 1 2024

    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.”

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Teju Cole Reads Anne Carson
    Dec 1 2023

    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.

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    53 mins
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I'm an almost daily listener of audio content, and Kevin Barry could be the best reader I’ve ever heard. Good story selection too.

Truly great reading

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very well done. the interview portion a nice touch. each story is read in perfect harmony matching the perspective of the story being presented.

to take note, 99.9% of all these stories have a melancholy feel to them. if you're looking for overtly cheerful or feel good stories this is not the place to find them. Though many of the stories are quite touching.

dynamic, well read, smart, easy to listen to

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