The New Yorker: Fiction
David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien
David Wright Faladé joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Lu, Reshaping ,” by Madeleine Thien, which was published in The New Yorker in 2021. Falade is the author of the novels “ Black Cloud Rising ” and “ The New Internationals ,” and the nonfiction work “ Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers .” He’s been publishing fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker since 2020.
1 avr. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 18 دقائق 50 ثانية
Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett
Paul Theroux joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ The Necklace ,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1958. Theroux’s nonfiction books include “ The Great Railway Bazaar ” and “ On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey .” A winner of the James Tait Black Award and the Whitbread Prize, he has published thirty-nine books of fiction, including the novels “ The Mosquito Coast ” and “ Burma Sahib ” and the story collections “ Mr. Bones ” and “ The Vanishing Point ,” which came out earlier this year. He has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker since 1979.
1 mars 2025 - 01 دقيقة 07 دقائق 34 ثانية
Anne Enright Reads John McGahern
Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Enright, a winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, among others, has published eleven books of fiction, including the story collection “ Yesterday’s Weather ” and the novels “ Actress ” and “ The Wren, The Wren .” She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 2000.
1 févr. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 09 دقائق 59 ثانية
Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood
Jennifer Egan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Kat,” by Margaret Atwood, which was published in The New Yorker in 1990. Egan’s books of fiction include “ The Keep ,” “ A Visit from the Goon Squad ,” “ Manhattan Beach ,” and “ The Candy House .” She is a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, among other honors. She has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker since 1989.
1 janv. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 09 دقائق 34 ثانية
Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley
Ayşegül Savaş joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “ An Abduction ,” by Tessa Hadley, which was published in The New Yorker in 2012. Savaş has published three novels, “ Walking on the Ceiling ,” “ White on White, ” and “ The Anthropologists ,” and one nonfiction book, “ The Wilderness ,” an essay and memoir about the first forty days of motherhood. A collection of stories, “ Long Distance, ” will come out in 2025. She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 2019.
1 déc. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 27 دقائق 26 ثانية
Aleksandar Hemon Reads ZZ Packer
Aleksandar Hemon joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ,” by ZZ Packer, which was published in The New Yorker in 2000. Hemon, a winner of a MacArthur Fellowship and a PEN/W. G. Sebald Award, among others, is the author of eight books, including the novels “ The Lazarus Project ” and “ The World and All It Holds ,” the story collection “ Love and Obstacles ,” and two nonfiction works, “ The Book of My Lives ” and “ My Parents: an Introduction .”
2 nov. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 20 دقائق 11 ثانية
Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri
Rebecca Makkai joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ The Third and Final Continent ,” by Jhumpa Lahiri, which was published in The New Yorker in 1999. Makkai is the author of the story collection “ Music for Wartime ” and the novels “ The Borrower ,” “ The Hundred Year House ,” “ The Great Believers ,” for which she won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “ I Have Some Questions for You ,” which was published last year.
1 oct. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 21 دقائق 50 ثانية
Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell
Louise Erdrich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Haunting Olivia ,” by Karen Russell, which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. Erdrich's novels include “ The Round House ,” which won the National Book Award in 2012, and “ The Night Watchman ,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2021. She will publish a new novel, “ The Mighty Red ,” this fall.
1 sept. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 15 دقائق 32 ثانية
David Sedaris Reads George Saunders
David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Love Letter ,” by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 2020. Sedaris is the author of more than a dozen books of essays, memoirs, and diaries, including, most recently, “A Carnival of Snackery” and “Happy-Go-Lucky.”
1 août 2024 - 49 دقائق 39 ثانية
Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian
Nathan Englander joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Every Night for a Thousand Years ,” by Chris Adrian, which was published in The New Yorker in 1997. Englander is the author of five books of fiction, including the novel “ kaddish.com ” and the story collection “ What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank ,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.
1 juil. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 06 دقائق 37 ثانية