Jim Shepard reads his story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/the-queen-of-bad-influences-fiction-jim-shepard">The Queen of Bad Influences</a>,” from the June 16, 2025, issue of the magazine. Shepard, a winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, is the author of thirteen books of fiction, including the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Aron-novel-Jim-Shepard/dp/1101874317">The Book of Aron</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Phase-Six-novel-Jim-Shepard/dp/052565545X">Phase Six</a>” and the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Come-Stories-Jim-Shepard/dp/1524731803">The World to Come</a>.”

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