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The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker

A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

236 episodes

Colm Tóibín Reads Tobias Wolff 1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 3 min Colm Tóibín joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Awaiting Orders,” by Tobias Wolff, which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. Tóibín, who is a fiction writer, essayist, playwri…

Min Jin Lee Reads Wendi Kaufman 1 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 4 min Min Jin Lee joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997. A recipient of the Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excel…

Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami 1 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 33 min Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Man-Eating Cats,” by Haruki Murakami, which was published in The New Yorker in 2000. Hamid is the author of five novels, including…

Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane 1 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 5 min Paul Yoon joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Hostel,” by Fiona McFarlane, which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. Yoon was one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35…

Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 25 min Han Ong joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “The Fugitive,” by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Ong is the author of numerous plays and of the nove…

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber 1 May 2026 · 1 hr 29 min Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Evolution,” by Joan Silber, which was published in The New Yorker in 2022. Bynum is the author of the novels “Madeleine Is…

Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar 1 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 14 min Valeria Luiselli joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “The Night Face Up,” by Julio Cortázar, which was published in The New Yorker in 1967. Luiselli is the author of five books, inc…

Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor 1 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 5 min Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Two Pilgrims,” by Peter Taylor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1963. Mueenuddin is the author of the novel “This Is…

Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern 1 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 25 min Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read “Gold Watch,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1980. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, includin…

Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li 1 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 19 min Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “A Small Flame,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s…

Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver 1 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 4 min Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Elephant,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the…

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace 1 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 9 min Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in The New Yorker in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Li…

Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich 1 Oct 2025 · 52 min Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Stone,” by Louise Erdrich, which was published in The New Yorker in 2019. Russell is the author of six books of ficti…

Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson 1 Sept 2025 · 1 hr 33 min Victor Lodato joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” by Denis Johnson, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Lodato is a playwright…

Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick 1 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 14 min Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Groff’s works of fiction include the…

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin 1 Jul 2025 · 51 min Souvankham Thammavongsa joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Size of Things,” by Samanta Schweblin (translated, from the Spanish, by Megan McDowell), which was publishe…

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith 1 Jun 2025 · 46 min Edwidge Danticat joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” by Zadie Smith, which was published in The New Yorker in 2016. Danticat, a MacArthur Fel…

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor 1 May 2025 · 1 hr 13 min Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner’s Wives,” by William Trevor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1995. Li has published eight books of fi…

David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien 1 Apr 2025 · 1 hr 19 min 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 nove…

Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett 1 Mar 2025 · 35 min 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…

Anne Enright Reads John McGahern 1 Feb 2025 · 1 hr 10 min 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 fo…

Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood 1 Jan 2025 · 1 hr 10 min 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 V…

Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley 1 Dec 2024 · 1 hr 27 min 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 C…

Aleksandar Hemon Reads ZZ Packer 2 Nov 2024 · 1 hr 19 min 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 MacArthu…

Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri 1 Oct 2024 · 1 hr 21 min 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…

Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell 1 Sept 2024 · 1 hr 15 min 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 H…

David Sedaris Reads George Saunders 1 Aug 2024 · 49 min 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 doz…

Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian 1 Jul 2024 · 1 hr 7 min 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 au…

André Alexis Reads Alice Munro 1 Jun 2024 · 1 hr 41 min 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,” by Munro, which was pu…

Rachel Cusk Reads Marguerite Duras 1 May 2024 · 57 min Rachel Cusk joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Bible" and “The Stolen Pigeons” by Marguerite Duras, which were translated from the French, by Deborah Treisman, and pu…