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Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li
Jan 01, 2026 1h 16m

Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li

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 Young Lions Fictio...

Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver
Dec 01, 2025 1h 2m

Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver

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 novels “A Complica...

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace
Nov 01, 2025 1h 6m

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace

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 Library’s Young Lion...

Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich
Oct 01, 2025 49 min

Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich

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 fiction, including the ...

Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson
Sep 01, 2025 1h 30m

Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson

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 and the author of ...

Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick
Aug 01, 2025 1h 12m EXPLICIT

Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick

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 novels “Fates and ...

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin
Jul 01, 2025 48 min EXPLICIT

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin

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 published in The New Yorke...

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith
Jun 01, 2025 44 min EXPLICIT

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith

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 Fellow and a winner o...

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor
May 01, 2025 1h 11m

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor

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 fiction, including t...

David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien
Apr 01, 2025 1h 16m EXPLICIT

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 Ri...

Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett
Mar 01, 2025 1h 5m

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 Baza...

Anne Enright Reads John McGahern
Feb 01, 2025 1h 7m EXPLICIT

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 Fi...

Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood
Jan 01, 2025 1h 7m EXPLICIT

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...

Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley
Dec 01, 2024 1h 24m EXPLICIT

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...

Aleksandar Hemon Reads ZZ Packer
Nov 02, 2024 1h 17m

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...

Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri
Oct 01, 2024 1h 18m

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 collect...

Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell
Sep 01, 2024 1h 12m

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 t...

David Sedaris Reads George Saunders
Aug 01, 2024 46 min

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...

Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian
Jul 01, 2024 1h 4m

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...

André Alexis Reads Alice Munro
Jun 01, 2024 1h 38m EXPLICIT

André Alexis Reads Alice Munro

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 published in The New...