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Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “TWO PILGRIMS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/09/07/two-pilgrims,” by Peter Taylor, which was published in in 1963. Mueenuddin is the author of the novel “THIS IS WHERE THE SERPENT LIVES https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525655158/,” which was published in January, and the story collection “IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393337200,” which was published in 2009 and won both the Story Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read “GOLD WATCH https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/03/17/gold-watch,” by John McGahern, which was published in in 1980. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “BAD DREAMS https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Other-Stories-Tessa-Hadley/dp/006247667X/” and “AFTER THE FUNERAL https://www.amazon.com/After-Funeral-Other-Stories-Hadley/dp/0593469844/,” and the novella “THE PARTY https://www.amazon.com/party-Tessa-Hadley/dp/1529949319/.” She won a Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction in 2016. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “A SMALL FLAME https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/a-small-flame,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “LOT https://www.amazon.com/Lot-Stories-Bryan-Washington/dp/0525533680” and the novels “MEMORIAL https://www.amazon.com/Memorial-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593087283,” “FAMILY MEAL https://www.amazon.com/Family-Meal-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593421108,” and “PALAVER https://www.amazon.com/Palaver-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0374609071,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2025. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ELEPHANT https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/06/09/elephant,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the novels “A COMPLICATED KINDNESS https://www.amazon.com/Complicated-Kindness-Novel-Miriam-Toews/dp/1640091416/,” which won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction; “ALL MY PUNY SORROWS https://www.amazon.com/All-Puny-Sorrows-Miriam-Toews/dp/1635574978,” “WOMEN TALKING https://www.amazon.com/Women-Talking-Miriam-Toews-ebook/dp/B07HM68X3P,” and “FIGHT NIGHT https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Night-Miriam-Toews-ebook/dp/B092QZ4W8F”—and the memoir “A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE https://www.amazon.com/Truce-That-Not-Peace/dp/1639734740.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “BACKBONE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/07/backbone,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “HOT PINK https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Pink-Adam-Levin/dp/1938073134/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0” and the novels “THE INSTRUCTIONS https://www.amazon.com/Instructions-13th-Anniversary-Bar-Mitzvah/dp/1952119731/ref=sr_1_1?crid=74K0EJ9AK9HV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lUlOKRZhHMi325Hf5OzmpifYy8j1Ko52caX75Gt1W5fg8Eaa8VkbsCv11nHliXFYDXCvJnR2ilkdDqlJRDvye__mrowUJhmPG8iSC1wvoQntzmVQr_gLRTSGK7mV2ZLMubOIe4rs1z8dabSrKt6fqX3sE2rfWihYaF8SV1VJNZWrR1zbIDprjSXFJpKoZIoO8y2RSDQa2RRaxdD3eMDhnFewIStE9Gxj56OFdkoyl50.d90CSlVFhXiEX3nN9G1zZ_woHthp6SKIoWD1mwCX73s&dib_tag=se&keywords=adam+levin&qid=1761791427&s=books&sprefix=adam+levin%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1,” “BUBBLEGUM https://www.amazon.com/Bubblegum-Novel-Adam-Levin-ebook/dp/B07V65PDMM/ref=books_amazonstores_desktop_mfs_aufs_ap_sc_dsk_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=eAqUx&content-id=amzn1.sym.299f645c-0a78-440a-94a2-fb482e7cb326&pf_rd_p=299f645c-0a78-440a-94a2-fb482e7cb326&pf_rd_r=146-2734176-4259746&pd_rd_wg=WEFLc&pd_rd_r=1c500460-4b4e-496c-a26c-4fdb6a7c0ea6,” and “MOUNT CHICAGO https://www.amazon.com/Mount-Chicago-Novel-Adam-Levin/dp/0593466721/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE STONE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/09/the-stone,” by Louise Erdrich, which was published in in 2019. Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the story collections “VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Lemon-Grove-Stories-Contemporaries/dp/0307947475/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0” and “ORANGE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES https://www.amazon.com/Orange-World-Stories-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0525566074/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0” and the novels “SWAMPLANDIA! https://www.amazon.com/Swamplandia-Vintage-Contemporaries-Karen-Russell/dp/0307276686/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012, and “THE ANTIDOTE https://www.amazon.com/Antidote-Russell-Karen/dp/1784745642/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0,” which came out earlier this year and was long-listed for the National Book Award. Russell, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, was included in the magazine’s “20 Under 40” Fiction Issue in 2010. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Victor Lodato joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE LARGESSE OF THE SEA MAIDEN https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/the-largesse-of-the-sea-maiden,” by Denis Johnson, which was published in in 2014. Lodato is a playwright and the author of the novels “EDGAR AND LUCY https://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Lucy-Novel-Victor-Lodato/dp/1250096995/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2T3DCBEUBF76T&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lbmk6JqZcNfqlQ8ECbzsZjgq_unO01ia9SUAA2iaCJTkWiUfFc5sgqK6H9gOfo9l-wksEExdwYg9RB9g8rGxnqwP1SlBKtI16Yt2hbibbaWY15x87lQI74byT4Kr_KZk1Nin5GH1di1WgnTYAXCpeWvSAW6Wo9d4uG5Maf5pmjx5suZR4cyvwItY2I1kL482V0sUDhjInvMJrBaFP5pZNJhvohD0XBCFAL1n79DFRo8.I7HoRYI0FJaF7We8zNCjJmTmNEAneevHdvOrdOn-vNQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=victor+lodato&qid=1756396591&s=books&sprefix=victor+lodato%2Cstripbooks%2C126&sr=1-2,” “MATHILDA SAVITCH https://www.amazon.com/Mathilda-Savitch-Novel-Victor-Lodato/dp/0312430035/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7I98iSzOaT3kHm5zztUwtW1o3wI8zWNt1X9BpBj9fopTKMNMgVxPDpyBaw0Zf9R0e8U1TTfoO4kfhqVEueQrlvqW_nJ3SG99vgYueNEUz1I.LWPNIqCqD049Hze3qaUNodx4cHe2c2C7rOXB_cnQTNw&qid=1756396625&sr=1-1,” the winner of the PEN USA Award for fiction, and “HONEY https://www.amazon.com/Honey-Novel-Victor-Lodato/dp/0063309637/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0,” which came out in 2024. He has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in since 2012. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, which was published in in 1979. Groff’s works of fiction include the novels “FATES AND FURIES https://www.amazon.com/Fates-Furies-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634483/” and “MATRIX https://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634505/,” both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, and “THE VASTER WILDS https://www.amazon.com/Vaster-Wilds-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/0593418409/,” which was published in 2023. A new story collection, “BRAWLER https://www.amazon.com/Brawler-Stories-Lauren-Groff/dp/0593418425/,” will come out in February of 2026. In 2024, she opened the bookstore The Lynx, in Gainesville, Florida. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Souvankham Thammavongsa joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE SIZE OF THINGS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/the-size-of-things,” by Samanta Schweblin, which was published in in 2017. Thammavongsa is a Laotian Canadian writer. Her publications include the poetry collections “LIGHT https://www.amazon.com/Light-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/1897141564” and “CLUSTER https://www.amazon.com/Cluster-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0771070985” and the story collection “HOW TO PRONOUNCE KNIFE https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316422134,” which won the Giller Prize in 2020. She has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in since 2021. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Edwidge Danticat joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “TWO MEN ARRIVE IN A VILLAGE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/06/two-men-arrive-in-a-village-by-zadie-smith,” by Zadie Smith, which was published in in 2016. Danticat, a MacArthur Fellow and a winner of the Vilcek Prize in Literature, has published six books of fiction, including “BREATH, EYES, MEMORY https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Eyes-Memory-Edwidge-Danticat/dp/1616955023,” “THE FARMING OF BONES https://www.amazon.com/Farming-Bones-Edwidge-Danticat/dp/0140280499,” “CLAIRE OF THE SEA LIGHT https://www.amazon.com/Claire-Sea-Light-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307472272/,” and “EVERYTHING INSIDE https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Inside-Stories-Edwidge-Danticat-ebook/dp/B07L2JL4RT/.” Her memoir “BROTHER, I’M DYING https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Im-Dying-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/1400034302” won the National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others. She has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in since 1999. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE PIANO TUNER’S WIVES https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/10/30/the-piano-tuners-wives,” by William Trevor, which was published in in 1995. Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “MUST I GO https://www.amazon.com/Must-Go-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/0399589139” and “BOOK OF GOOSE https://www.amazon.com/Book-Goose-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/1250872413,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the story collection “WEDNESDAY’S CHILD https://www.amazon.com/Wednesdays-Child-Stories-Yiyun-Li/dp/1250338387,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2024. A new nonfiction work, “THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW https://www.amazon.com/Things-Nature-Merely-Grow-Yiyun/dp/0374617317,” will be published this month. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
David Wright Faladé joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/20/lu-reshaping,” by Madeleine Thien, which was published in in 2021. Falade is the author of the novels “Black Cloud Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/1443466786” and “The New Internationals https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802164064,” and the nonfiction work “Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195154843.” He’s been publishing fiction and nonfiction in since 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Paul Theroux joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE NECKLACE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1958/02/15/the-necklace,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in in 1958. Theroux’s nonfiction books include “THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR https://www.amazon.com/Great-Railway-Bazaar-Train-Through/dp/0618658947” and “ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES: A MEXICAN JOURNEY https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Snakes-Mexican-Journey/dp/0544866479.” 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 https://www.amazon.com/Mosquito-Coast-Paul-Theroux/dp/0618658963” and “BURMA SAHIB https://www.amazon.com/Burma-Sahib-Novel-Paul-Theroux/dp/006329754X” and the story collections “MR. BONES https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Bones-Stories-Paul-Theroux/dp/0544483952” and “THE VANISHING POINT https://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Point-Stories-Paul-Theroux/dp/035872225X,” which came out earlier this year. He has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in since 1979. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” by John McGahern, which was published in 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 https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Weather-Anne-Enright/dp/0802144322” and the novels “ACTRESS https://www.amazon.com/Actress-Novel-Anne-Enright-ebook/dp/B07TK4JH5C” and “THE WREN, THE WREN https://www.amazon.com/Wren-Novel-Anne-Enright/dp/1324005688.” She has been publishing fiction in since 2000. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jennifer Egan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Kat,” by Margaret Atwood, which was published in in 1990. Egan’s books of fiction include “THE KEEP https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400079748,” “A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307477479,” “MANHATTAN BEACH https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476716730,” and “THE CANDY HOUSE https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476716765.” 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 since 1989. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ayşegül Savaş joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “AN ABDUCTION https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/09/an-abduction,” by Tessa Hadley, which was published in in 2012. Savaş has published three novels, “WALKING ON THE CEILING https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Ceiling-Novel-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/0525537414,” “WHITE ON WHITE, https://www.amazon.com/White-Novel-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/059333051X” and “THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS https://www.amazon.com/Anthropologists-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/163973306X,” and one nonfiction book, “THE WILDERNESS https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Undelivered-Lectures-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/B0CWQ8V9S2,” an essay and memoir about the first forty days of motherhood. A collection of stories, “LONG DISTANCE, https://www.amazon.com/Long-Distance-Stories-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/1639733108” will come out in 2025. She has been publishing fiction in since 2019.
Aleksandar Hemon joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “DRINKING COFFEE ELSEWHERE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/06/19/drinking-coffee-elsewhere,” by ZZ Packer, which was published in 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 https://www.amazon.com/Lazarus-Project-Aleksandar-Hemon/dp/1594483752/” and “THE WORLD AND ALL IT HOLDS https://www.amazon.com/World-All-That-Holds-Novel/dp/1250321891,” the story collection “LOVE AND OBSTACLES https://www.amazon.com/Love-Obstacles-Aleksandar-Hemon/dp/1594484619,” and two nonfiction works, “THE BOOK OF MY LIVES https://www.amazon.com/Book-My-Lives-Aleksandar-Hemon/dp/1250043549” and “MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION https://www.amazon.com/My-Parents-Introduction-This-Belong/dp/1250619645.” Share your thoughts on The New Yorker’s Fiction Podcast. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. HTTPS://SELFSERVE.DECIPHERINC.COM/SURVEY/SELFSERVE/222B/76152?PIN=1&UBRANDLINK=4&UCHANNELLINK=2 https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2
Rebecca Makkai joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “THE THIRD AND FINAL CONTINENT https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/06/21/the-third-and-final-continent,” by Jhumpa Lahiri, which was published in in 1999. Makkai is the author of the story collection “MUSIC FOR WARTIME https://www.amazon.com/Music-Wartime-Stories-Rebecca-Makkai/dp/0525426698” and the novels “THE BORROWER https://www.amazon.com/Borrower-Novel-Rebecca-Makkai/dp/0670022810,” “THE HUNDRED YEAR HOUSE https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-House-Rebecca-Makkai/dp/052542668X,” “THE GREAT BELIEVERS https://www.amazon.com/Great-Believers-Rebecca-Makkai/dp/0735223521,” for which she won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU https://www.amazon.com/Have-Some-Questions-You-Novel/dp/0593490142,” which was published last year.
Louise Erdrich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “HAUNTING OLIVIA https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/13/haunting-olivia,” by Karen Russell, which was published in in 2005. Erdrich's novels include “THE ROUND HOUSE https://www.amazon.com/Round-House-Novel-Louise-Erdrich/dp/0062065254/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1A7LY8Q5RV875&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W1jcTRqODq9PoDPBiJIqLGZ4hSEA63xBlDbeuv6wdo9AsNq6ghTp5WnrcjDcYAn3wRCht6WIUC4JZUa1X-jcyGGlbBcel8Ds2fOdfO8ARK68D5ZmvWR7JFiFESVxF2iMmbRUhpQ7Rleik4h2Yh8G6ouixW6y7mwCR1n_C6bVfoZrTbwuZZgtG9UDxaqp4Oh5NSdK-F8kF7MBqtiKfSUOu7nOrVNL6mpYeviGffmhypM.UUCW0n-D2whJkoZfc6LjLLh7MAaauGJ14ZUg76R66yc&dib_tag=se&keywords=erdrich+round+house&qid=1724963227&s=books&sprefix=erdrich+round+house%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1,” which won the National Book Award in 2012, and “THE NIGHT WATCHMAN https://www.amazon.com/Night-Watchman-Novel-Louise-Erdrich/dp/0062671197/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9GLT4AWLurJh3_J3r0nbLAGAvurnR0vY53aNH6wgdBSHPGVrCWIxwTQXTfWu4FSVOmM6rsS22IPAJDRvBQw9PaoV-L73z_BktLlDXH0XEwyHUtSJiIlmFbXvnCwiTE3PGL_UxafLFXpYG8ls5NEqsi9I_cXQ_GZ2t0jNQRFeFTE2Xv4zNQCtDFNmwD4ogiqMtSWA7_zDvMzOKUjUTaVFWw.SzeakoB1EdBLPMoFMGJWpNPfQ_ibI2LjLvO4NbUwmOM&qid=1724963184&sr=1-1,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2021. She will publish a new novel, “THE MIGHTY RED https://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Red-Novel-Louise-Erdrich/dp/0063277050,” this fall.
David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “LOVE LETTER https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/love-letter-george-saunders,” by George Saunders, which was published in 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.”
Nathan Englander joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “EVERY NIGHT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/10/06/every-night-for-a-thousand-years,” by Chris Adrian, which was published in in 1997. Englander is the author of five books of fiction, including the novel “KADDISH.COM https://www.amazon.com/Kaddish-com-novel-Nathan-Englander/dp/1524732753” and the story collection “WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK https://www.amazon.com/What-Talk-About-When-Frank/dp/0307949605/,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.
André Alexis joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro, who died in May at age ninety-two. Alexis reads and discusses “BEFORE THE CHANGE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/08/24/before-the-change,” by Munro, which was published in in 1998. Alexis’s works of fiction include “FIFTEEN DOGS https://www.amazon.com/Fifteen-Dogs-Andr%C3%A9-Alexis/dp/1552453057,” which won the Giller Prize, “DAYS BY MOONLIGHT https://www.amazon.com/Days-Moonlight-Andr%C3%A9-Alexis/dp/1552453790,” and the story collection “THE NIGHT PIECE https://www.amazon.com/Night-Piece-Andre-Alexis/dp/0771006632,” which was published in 2020.
David Bezmozgis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Bezmozgis is a filmmaker and writer. He has published two story collections and two novels, “The Free World,” which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize, and “The Betrayers,” which won the National Jewish Book Award. He was also chosen as one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 in 2010.
David Bezmozgis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Bezmozgis is a filmmaker and writer. He has published two story collections and two novels, “The Free World,” which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize, and “The Betrayers,” which won the National Jewish Book Award. He was also chosen as one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 in 2010.
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 's Best Books of 2023. He has been publishing in the magazine since 2014.
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Labyrinth https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/23/labyrinth-roberto-bolano,” by Roberto Bolaño, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews, which was published in 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 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/10/14/the-bees-part-1,” by Aleksandar Hemon, which was published in 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 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/1-equals-1,” by Anne Carson, which was published in 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 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1976/01/19/varieties-of-exile,” by Mavis Gallant, which was published in 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 in 20233. Rosenfeld is the author of five novels, including “I’m So Happy for You” and “Class.”
