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Souvankham Thammavongsa read her story “FLOATING https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/30/floating-fiction-souvankham-thammavongsa,” from the March 30, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, as well as the story collection “HOW TO PRONOUNCE KNIFE https://www.amazon.com/How-Pronounce-Knife-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0316422126” and the novel “PICK A COLOR https://www.amazon.com/Pick-Color-Novel-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0316422142/,” both of which were winners of the Giller Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Han Ong reads his story “MY BALENCIAGA https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/23/my-balenciaga-fiction-han-ong,” from the March 23, 2026, issue of the magazine. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and of the Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, Ong is the author of more than a dozen plays and two novels, “THE DISINHERITED https://www.amazon.com/Disinherited-Novel-Han-Ong/dp/0312424612/” and “FIXER CHAO https://www.amazon.com/Fixer-Chao-Novel-Han-Ong/dp/0385552114/,” which will be reissued in July. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Addie Citchens reads her story “THE CITY IS A GRAVEYARD, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/16/the-city-is-a-graveyard-fiction-addie-citchens” from the March 16, 2026, issue of the magazine. Citchens is a Mississippi Delta-born, New Orleans-based writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel, “DOMINION https://www.amazon.com/Dominion-Novel-Addie-Citchens/dp/0374609330,” was published in 2025 and was short-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Mary Gaitskill reads her story “SOMETHING FAMILIAR https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/02/something-familiar-fiction-mary-gaitskill,” from the March 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. Gaitskill is the author of eight books of fiction, including “VERONICA https://www.amazon.com/Veronica-Mary-Gaitskill/dp/037572785X,” which was a finalist for a National Book Award in 2005, and the novella “THIS IS PLEASURE https://www.amazon.com/This-Pleasure-Mary-Gaitskill/dp/1788165047/.” Her most recent book is the essay collection “OPPOSITIONS https://www.amazon.com/Oppositions-Selected-Essays-Mary-Gaitskill/dp/178816816X/.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Valeria Luiselli reads her story “PREDICTIONS AND PRESENTIMENTS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/predictions-and-presentiments-fiction-valeria-luiselli” from the February 16 & 23, 2026, issue of the magazine. A winner of the International Dublin Literary Award, Lusielli is the author of five books, including “TELL ME HOW IT ENDS: AN ESSAY IN 40 QUESTIONS https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Me-How-Ends-Questions/dp/1566894956” and “LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Children-Archive-Valeria-Luiselli/dp/0525436464/.” A new novel, “BEGINNING MIDDLE END https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Middle-End-Valeria-Luiselli/dp/B0FY5NMR6Q/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in July. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Molly Aitken reads her story “THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/09/this-is-how-it-happens-fiction-molly-aitken,” from the February 9, 2026, issue of the magazine. Aitken is the author of two novels, “THE ISLAND CHILD https://www.amazon.com/Island-Child-novel-Molly-Aitken/dp/0593080912/,” from 2020, and “BRIGHT I BURN https://www.amazon.com/Bright-Burn-Novel-Molly-Aitken/dp/0593080920/,” which was published in 2024. She won the 2023 Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tessa Hadley reads her story “THE QUIET HOUSE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/the-quiet-house-fiction-tessa-hadley,” from the February 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. 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
Joseph O’Neill reads his story “LIGHT SECRETS https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/light-secrets-fiction-joseph-oneill,” from the January 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. O’Neill is the author of a story collection and five novels, including “NETHERLAND https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307388778,” which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2009, “THE DOG https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Novel-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307472949,” and “GODWIN https://www.amazon.com/Godwin-Novel-Joseph-ONeill/dp/0593687159,” which was published in 2024. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sadia Shepard reads her story “KIM’S GAME,” from the January 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Shepard is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her first book, “THE GIRL FROM FOREIGN https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Foreign-Memoir-Sadia-Shepard/dp/0143115774," was published in 2008. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Allegra Goodman reads her story “DEAL-BREAKER https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/deal-breaker-fiction-allegra-goodman,” from the January 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Goodman is the author of ten books of fiction, including the novels “KAATERSKILL FALLS https://www.amazon.com/Kaaterskill-Falls-Allegra-Goodman/dp/0385323905,” which was a National Book Award finalist, “SAM https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Novel-Allegra-Goodman/dp/0593447832,” and “ISOLA https://www.amazon.com/Isola-Reeses-Book-Club-Novel/dp/0593730100,” published last year. Her new collection of linked stories, “THIS IS NOT ABOUT US https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-About-Us-Fiction/dp/0593447840,” will come out in February. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nell Zink reads her story “The Welfare State https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/the-welfare-state-fiction-nell-zink,” from the December 29, 2025 & January 5, 2026, issue of the magazine. Zink is the author of seven novels, including “Doxology https://www.amazon.com/Doxology-Novel-Nell-Zink/dp/0062877801,” “Avalon https://www.amazon.com/Avalon-novel-Nell-Zink/dp/0593468155,” and “Sister Europe https://www.amazon.com/Sister-Europe-Novel-Nell-Zink/dp/0593534913,” which was published last year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Andrew Martin reads his story “RISK, DISCIPLINE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/risk-discipline-fiction-andrew-martin,” from the December 22, 2025, issue of the magazine. Martin is the author of the novel “EARLY WORK https://www.amazon.com/Early-Work-Novel-Andrew-Martin/dp/1250215013/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fUFWcDllmbtQOSBbA7_AHgNielPH3wdrYAFRWW3USoU017FLUUDxAIM2ojj58l2gRFqfJaLjpUI9W6moFhTSgRyGtBGiMum3HQzcYQ-uUYwY1bxp7SRBxZxgAhCyzO2LxhxQotGQA92RoXJ7hVkSJP3jQ2tMd4BkCEEFIPQxFLkl8QedzHjArJAM9BJx70kWfYIn7aSmNWWNziPgR0Wkm_FATBZwGY1Bu4bVHWO-PQk.8POxczvxSUVHzszpQv9Dsb9Y4OK5wziFkRtiIV-V38k&qid=1764625318&sr=8-1,” and the story collection “COOL FOR AMERICA https://www.amazon.com/Cool-America-Stories-Andrew-Martin/dp/1250798647/.” His new novel, “DOWN TIME https://www.amazon.com/Down-Time-Novel-Andrew-Martin/dp/0374617066/,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in March. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Camille Bordas reads her story “UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/understanding-the-science-fiction-camille-bordas,” from the December 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. Bordas is the author of four novels, including “HOW TO BEHAVE IN A CROWD https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451497554” and “THE MATERIAL https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593729846.” Her first story collection, “ONE SUN ONLY https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593729870,” will be published in January. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Joan Silber reads her story “SAFETY https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/safety-fiction-joan-silber,” from the December 8, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, Silber is the author of nine books of fiction, the most recent of which are the novels “MERCY https://www.amazon.com/Mercy-Novel-Joan-Silber/dp/1640097074” and “SECRETS OF HAPPINESS https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Happiness-Novel-Joan-Silber/dp/1640095314.” Please help us improve New Yorker podcasts by filling out our listener survey: HTTPS://PANEL2058.NA2.PANELPULSE.COM/C/A/661HS4TSRDW2YB2DVJFYYW https://panel2058.na2.panelpulse.com/c/a/661hs4tSRdw2yB2dvjFyyw Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Daniyal Mueenuddin reads his story “THE GOLDEN BOY https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/01/the-golden-boy-fiction-daniyal-mueenuddin” from the December 1, 2025, issue of the magazine. Mueenuddin is the author of the story collection “IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS https://www.amazon.com/Other-Rooms-Wonders/dp/0393337200,” which was published in 2009 and won both the Story Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His first novel, “THIS IS WHERE THE SERPENT LIVES https://www.amazon.com/Where-Serpent-Lives-Daniyal-Mueenuddin/dp/0525655158/,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in January. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Madhuri Vijay reads her story “LARA’S THEME https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/laras-theme-fiction-madhuri-vijay,” from the November 24, 2025, issue of the magazine. Vijay is the author of the novel “THE FAR FIELD https://www.amazon.com/Far-Field-Madhuri-Vijay/dp/0802147968/,” which won India’s J.C.B. Prize for Literature in 2019. She is at work on her second novel. Please help us improve New Yorker podcasts by filling out our listener survey: HTTPS://PANEL2058.NA2.PANELPULSE.COM/C/A/661HS4TSRDW2YB2DVJFYYW https://panel2058.na2.panelpulse.com/c/a/661hs4tSRdw2yB2dvjFyyw Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Paul Yoon reads his story “THE NEW COAST https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/17/the-new-coast-fiction-paul-yoon,” from the November 17, 2025, issue of the magazine. Yoon is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “RUN ME TO EARTH https://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Earth-Paul-Yoon/dp/1501154052/” and “SNOW HUNTERS https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Hunters-Novel-Paul-Yoon/dp/1476714827/,” which won the 2014 New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, and the story collection “THE HIVE AND THE HONEY https://www.amazon.com/Hive-Honey-Stories-Paul-Yoon/dp/1668020807/,” which was published in 2023. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lauren Groff reads her story “MOTHER OF MEN https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/mother-of-men-fiction-lauren-groff” from the November 10, 2025, issue of the magazine. Groff’s work of fiction include the novels “FATES AND FURIES https://www.amazon.com/Fates-Furies-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634483/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1CGZ2MGO41C2H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cs6f09okHgtglxb8JrKvM40bzLU7o1x5uIHygZDr4XuyAGfvtbhEYarNQUa96HiT-aH_gDdvV20FY8kyH_KN9_u2NDztJ6yRZzjSJyCbj8WlH1XEIAx0qHbqigOIa2jn899zVl2OzwH3MFrh38CYTOtcO53AD4EQ0IxOdGCZozwytkhl8f2C_J4uqGYgxgpRdLadZY2cp-kysIOaRrHCXgjNN4nsXdPnLa9HmWOmK8uvWEeKXxjHR_zYbmULJg4PfB9obxhgL8nUBNeeCFVIebiYqi6jgyiF_V16CQhxc84.A5M5FL75KdcjPn4Phpl3piU-0rlFXNwtuLSc8PYcKKk&dib_tag=se&keywords=lauren+groff&qid=1761790979&s=books&sprefix=lauren+groff%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-2” and “MATRIX https://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634505/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cs6f09okHgtglxb8JrKvM40bzLU7o1x5uIHygZDr4XuyAGfvtbhEYarNQUa96HiT-aH_gDdvV20FY8kyH_KN9_u2NDztJ6yRZzjSJyCbj8WlH1XEIAx0qHbqigOIa2jn899zVl2OzwH3MFrh38CYTOtcO53AD4EQ0IxOdGCZozwytkhl8f2C_J4uqGYgxgpRdLadZY2cp-kysIOaRrHCXgjNN4nsXdPnLa9HmWOmK8uvWEeKXxjHR_zYbmULJg4PfB9obxhgL8nUBNeeCFVIebiYqi6jgyiF_V16CQhxc84.A5M5FL75KdcjPn4Phpl3piU-0rlFXNwtuLSc8PYcKKk&qid=1761790979&sr=1-3,” 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/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XvUfRV4pIEXXIXWchiHySS9kcr_Oho0FbduGmSx0AR7GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.s4jt_YQvTxrBtuFZm8h-EJsE53YNGAA7JRQ0ecQRSUo&qid=1761791026&sr=1-1,” which was published in 2023. A new story collection, “BRAWLER https://www.amazon.com/Brawler-Stories-Lauren-Groff/dp/0593418425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UUFIWQUETVR9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nFo9VnQUPBEJBDvqN4l--rC0h5HezEzgLrGHAzAMDIL9FV5xNrMhObVt83dRQ_YpPdW2GJYo0SzXs6P4ki51mRVSQygSgx87FhitTwEHvE0Y150-ycbdiREARIJOWHu.v11BEWSHNTqFHH1rOB_Ts_7qUEDCXlLv67UnTrowQKU&dib_tag=se&keywords=lauren+groff+Brawler&qid=1761791048&s=books&sprefix=lauren+groff+brawler%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1,” 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
Nathan Blum Reads "Outcomes" Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sam Lipsyte reads his story “FINAL BOY https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/27/final-boy-fiction-sam-lipsyte” from the October 27, 2025, issue of the magazine. Lipsyte is the author of eight books of fiction, including the story collection “THE FUN PARTS https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Parts-Stories-Sam-Lipsyte/dp/125004359X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0,” and the novels “THE ASK https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Novel-Sam-Lipsyte/dp/0312680635/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0” and “NO ONE LEFT TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU https://www.amazon.com/One-Left-Come-Looking-You/dp/1501146130/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35OWKAMM8XIDV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pZ5-169Z2__tBvdgHuAxcg.8SHVhZk4T-kcDUdakmWkfhmy0xgrl3PWknYOnjcEXFU&dib_tag=se&keywords=No+One+Left+to+Come+Looking+For+You+sam+lipsyte&qid=1760562840&s=books&sprefix=no+one+left+to+come+looking+for+you+sam+lipsyte%252Cstripbooks%252C109&sr=1-1.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ayşegül Savaş reads her story “INTIMACY https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/20/intimacy-fiction-aysegul-savas” from the October 20, 2025, issue of the magazine. Savaş is the author of five books, including the novels “WHITE ON WHITE https://www.amazon.com/White-Novel-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/0593330528” and “THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS https://www.amazon.com/Anthropologists-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/1639736689/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PFO212OP2RRH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zHeSIaM0niTBIc3nvsurE8UA1_mqaO9D1ZiHUwvQSgJoSlW7b186GqBzE8jLUwRPK4d4g__kGqmQAGij6IMQr1DMHn79rVnb3831wEd3V2izzrmSW_Zmwwi6F4tQOYlriMtkIOiitPRPtu4JxO55FqSmPCeN_sUBwwOb3nL9s5D_KAaQVEWMwy-sl3vOx-CYlCGt8_8xDGYy0Zzi1redNC738GJNgRWVe859jO5CvgU.muQvlLo_ahoAs_9m12bViwek7imJWwACassO-xUhcYw&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+anthropologists+book&qid=1759773848&s=books&sprefix=the+anthropologists+book%2Cstripbooks%2C87&sr=1-1”; a nonfiction work, “THE WILDERNESS https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Undelivered-Lectures-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/B0CWQ8V9S2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2A4P84H5VA6IL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TH_Zgfv131HTRVhZGg3O9KJ0crzizFMDaLdTIvDtwIQ.sScWCayzvlgWxEwAJJ9ngHSyt_HqVk7rEVIltpN-heM&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Wilderness+Ayseg%C3%BCl+Savas&qid=1759773876&s=books&sprefix=the+wilderness+ayseg%C3%BCl+savas%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1”; and the story collection “LONG DISTANCE https://www.amazon.com/Long-Distance-Stories-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/1639733108/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K30E2E08EHHD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DLBOs4TvA5pIZivnJ12gHeR8j90M6EMMcY7kc1Czm_Ab_ljdLR3KT71N6aayQgBk.jcwtzStf2eUdcCqtnYd3hJwVNtmI2bcr8deiwMK_vto&dib_tag=se&keywords=Long+Distance+Ayseg%C3%BCl+Savas&qid=1759773894&s=books&sprefix=long+distance+ayseg%C3%BCl+savas%2Cstripbooks%2C112&sr=1-1,” which was published earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Catherine Lacey reads her story “COCONUT FLAN https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/13/coconut-flan-fiction-catherine-lacey” from the October 13, 2025, issue of the magazine. Lacey is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “PEW https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250798531,” and “BIOGRAPHY OF X https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250321689/,” both of which were short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2021 and 2024, respectively. Her memoir and novella, “THE MÖBIUS BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374615403,” was published earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
David Wright Faladé reads his story “AMARILLO BOULEVARD https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/06/amarillo-boulevard-fiction-david-wright-falade,” from the October 6, 2025, issue of the magazine. Wright Faladé, the recipient of a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, is the author of a nonfiction book, “FIRE ON THE BEACH: RECOVERING THE LOST STORY OF RICHARD ETHERIDGE AND THE PEA ISLAND LIFESAVERS https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195154843,” and the novels “BLACK CLOUD RISING https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802160395” and “THE NEW INTERNATIONALS https://www.amazon.com/New-Internationals-David-Wright-Falade/dp/0802164064/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0,” which was published earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rivka Galchen reads her story “UNREASONABLE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/unreasonable-fiction-rivka-galchen,” from the September 29, 2025, issue of the magazine. Galchen is the author of three books of fiction, including the story collection “AMERICAN INNOVATIONS https://www.amazon.com/American-Innovations-Stories-Rivka-Galchen/dp/1250069238/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0" and the novel “EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR MOTHER IS A WITCH https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Knows-Your-Mother-Witch/dp/1250849314/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L9AF50DP5D1U&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.piRKxRLaVypsiKXMXWeSRX-fQYXnR8_4rwAEckwSYtwwtdfDD1Pi0t3VMk-8_eUVdevizU_rdRNC5hlE1fI2T8SKxXZrJ6EOaLxoG53uo1_n99PPBCxvKrw7kZmPTlEP-qvKAF7hVPaWBOAjip_MGG9IEAQvWwL9y3HYSCOc1bFVopdMECSpWZoUrYL1oF6W.RYYOsvdg98hb3dYGonYf-iOETrtlkvM7woCYxCrhVeY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Everyone+Knows+Your+Mother+Is+a+Witch&qid=1758199195&s=books&sprefix=everyone+knows+your+mother+is+a+witch%2Cstripbooks%2C111&sr=1-1,” which was published in 2021. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
T. Coraghessan Boyle reads his story “THE POOL https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/22/the-pool-fiction-t-coraghessan-boyle,” from the September 22, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story, among others, Boyle has published more than thirty books of fiction, including the story collection “I WALK BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS https://www.amazon.com/I-Walk-Between-Raindrops-Stories/dp/006305289X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0” and the novel “BLUE SKIES https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Skies-T-C-Boyle/dp/1324095180/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ETTkAUs3tZxWNCm-GO0kQO9aGyD4Wq5W3u4b9Wpx7-8lgDzQJIWnVKEl2wksrxNWFC8FJGxavjcxre2UQRDFqdGtHgTDArSO3LvseGxB-w4J6FpBgYhazVLpgTW2udTGv-gNRZt5aOwwwqHcljSp7Js1cwxWojEO7kHZ5UzRjthiHPntu6RZDpa3v06vbZXnzMpJSxfK7eJiKj5aICfkVzMcjnwxCsVgw9XTXoBgxIk.WF44LbkziTgQe7x_6EpRaa6sLcppb0g8rqZRgxmp1to&qid=1757715582&sr=1-1,” which came out in 2023. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Bryan Washington reads his story “VOYAGERS! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/15/voyagers-fiction-bryan-washington,” from the September 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Young Lions Fiction Award, among others, Washington is the author of three books of fiction, including “MEMORIAL https://www.amazon.com/Memorial-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593087283?ref_=ast_author_dp” and “FAMILY MEAL https://www.amazon.com/Family-Meal-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593421108/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LCQGOIVXAP8S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._2W-jvf_WWSutHIvRwEXiDI_l7KkMnupg8gx5ZxXwpnGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.8PCj89LYvT53sFxJd6HJgBOSwjF3EJM5srYBPyEyqtw&dib_tag=se&keywords=bryan+washington+family+meal&qid=1757098773&sprefix=bryan+washington+family+meal%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1.” A new novel, “PALAVER https://www.amazon.com/Palaver-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0374609071/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P1EXA60G6TLR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DXuhoDYVb51PLTVeuBi7uzI_l7KkMnupg8gx5ZxXwpnGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.4i2DqOb9SVjweRZEel0uorDIZodf8F61FjsCV0qe7gA&dib_tag=se&keywords=bryan+washington+Palaver&qid=1757098787&sprefix=bryan+washington+palaver%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1,” will be published later this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rachel Cusk reads her story “PROJECT https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/project-fiction-rachel-cusk,” from the September 1 & 8, 2025, issue of the magazine. Cusk is the author of several works of nonfiction and twelve novels, including “OUTLINE https://www.amazon.com/Outline-Novel-Trilogy-Rachel-Cusk/dp/1250081548,” “TRANSIT https://www.amazon.com/Transit-Outline-Trilogy-Rachel-Cusk/dp/0374278628,” “KUDOS https://www.amazon.com/Kudos-Outline-Trilogy-Rachel-Cusk/dp/0374279861,” and, most recently, “PARADE https://www.amazon.com/Parade-Novel-Rachel-Cusk/dp/0374610045,” which won the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Miriam Toews reads her story “SOMETHING HAS COME TO LIGHT https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/25/something-has-come-to-light-fiction-miriam-toews,” from the August 25, 2025, issue of the magazine. Toews, a winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, is the author of eight novels, including “A COMPLICATED KINDNESS https://www.amazon.com/Complicated-Kindness-Novel-Miriam-Toews/dp/1619026228,” “ALL MY PUNY SORROWS https://www.amazon.com/All-Puny-Sorrows-Miriam-Toews/dp/1635574978/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0,” “WOMEN TALKING https://www.amazon.com/Women-Talking-Miriam-Toews-ebook/dp/B07HM68X3P/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=RDLCH&content-id=amzn1.sym.0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_p=0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_r=146-2734176-4259746&pd_rd_wg=wvAmn&pd_rd_r=03e467c8-352b-40d5-b15a-003858d3feec&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk,” and “FIGHT NIGHT https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Night-Miriam-Toews-ebook/dp/B092QZ4W8F/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=RDLCH&content-id=amzn1.sym.0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_p=0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_r=146-2734176-4259746&pd_rd_wg=wvAmn&pd_rd_r=03e467c8-352b-40d5-b15a-003858d3feec&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk.” A new memoir, “A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE, https://www.amazon.com/Truce-That-Not-Peace/dp/1639734740/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=Mtpsm&content-id=amzn1.sym.0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_p=0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&pf_rd_r=146-2734176-4259746&pd_rd_wg=uEG4y&pd_rd_r=6120f0c9-0a33-40a1-a99b-81db70b480ea&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk” comes out this month. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Kiran Desai reads her story “An Unashamed Proposal https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/11/an-unashamed-proposal-fiction-kiran-desai,” from the August 11, 2025, issue of the magazine. Desai is the author of the novels “Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuySpndJ5PJGhz151iNtNu8GDCf6zDDe7KTcseK6CpQ5k2L3UReJs” and “The Inheritance of Loss https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuySpndJ5PAWYnQs3HVu3MNyfy4M5HWTM2zjPYZc17Uy4ujSbJptX,” which won the Booker Prize in 2006. A new novel, “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyH75FCycUQzRspM1WCCZakhuPksE6rE3iNCFwZpWfMkPYPB2dNP,” from which this story was adapted, will be published this fall. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
