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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories. Share your thoughts on The Writer’s Voice. 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)

#150

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Minimum Payment Due”

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is the author of the story collections “ [Brief Encounters with the Enemy] (https://www.amazon.com/Brief-Encounters-Enemy-Sa%C3%AFd-Sayrafiezadeh/dp/0812993586) ” and “ [American Estrangement] (https://www.amazon.com/American-Estrangement-Stories-Sa%C3%AFd-Sayrafiezadeh/dp/1324050489) ,” a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, which was published in 2021. He has been publishing fiction in the magazine since 2010. ... Read more

17 Nov 2024

31 MINS

31:50

17 Nov 2024

#149

Greg Jackson Reads “The Honest Island”

Greg Jackson reads his story “ [The Honest Island] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/11/11/the-honest-island-fiction-greg-jackson) ,” from the November 11, 2024, issue of the magazine. Jackson is the author of a story collection, “ [Prodigals] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250118050) ,” for which he received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award, and a novel, “ [The Dimensions of a Cave] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374298491) ,” which was published last year. Share your thoughts on The Writer’s Voice. 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) ... Read more

03 Nov 2024

39 MINS

39:01

03 Nov 2024

#148

Paul Yoon Reads “War Dogs”

Paul Yoon reads his story “ [War Dogs] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/28/war-dogs-fiction-paul-yoon) ,” from the October 28, 2024, issue of the magazine. Yoon is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “ [Snow Hunters] (https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Hunters-Novel-Paul-Yoon/dp/1476714827) ” and “ [Run Me to Earth] (https://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Earth-Paul-Yoon/dp/1501154052) ,” and the story collection, “ [The Hive and the Honey] (https://www.amazon.com/Hive-Honey-Stories-Paul-Yoon/dp/1668020807) ,” a winner of the Story Prize, which was published last year. Share your thoughts on The Writer’s Voice. 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) ... Read more

20 Oct 2024

44 MINS

44:04

20 Oct 2024

#147

Joshua Cohen Reads “My Camp”

Joshua Cohen reads his story “My Camp,” from the October 21st, 2024, issue of the magazine. Cohen’s books include the novels “ [Witz] (https://www.amazon.com/Witz-American-Literature-Joshua-Cohen/dp/1564785882) ,” “ [Moving Kings] (https://www.amazon.com/Moving-Kings-Novel-Joshua-Cohen/dp/039959020X) ,” and “ [The Netanyahus] (https://www.amazon.com/Netanyahus-Account-Ultimately-Negligible-Episode/dp/1681376075) ,” which won the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize. ... Read more

13 Oct 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:59

13 Oct 2024

#146

Matthew Klam Reads “Hi Daddy”

Matthew Klam reads his story “ [Hi Daddy] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/14/hi-daddy-fiction-matthew-klam) ,” from the October 14th, 2024, issue of the magazine. Klam, a winner of the Robert Bingham/PEN Award, is the author of the collection “ [Sam the Cat and Other Stories] (https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Cat-Stories-Matthew-Klam/dp/0375726616) ” and the novel “ [Who Is Rich?] (https://www.amazon.com/Who-Rich-Novel-Matthew-Klam/dp/0812997980) ,” which was published in 2017. ... Read more

06 Oct 2024

42 MINS

42:11

06 Oct 2024

#145

Bonus: The Fiction Podcast: Jennifer Egan Reads Lore Segal

The story in the magazine’s October 7th, 2024, issue is “ [Stories About Us] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/07/stories-about-us-fiction-lore-segal) ” by Lore Segal. Segal wasn’t able to read her story for the podcast. But, in 2010, on the [New Yorker Fiction Podcast] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-yorker-fiction/id256945396) , Jennifer Egan read and discussed a different story by Lore Segal—“ [The Reverse Bug] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/05/01/the-reverse-bug) ,” from 1989—and we wanted to share this bonus sampling of Segal’s work with you instead. ... Read more

03 Oct 2024

45 MINS

45:25

03 Oct 2024

#144

Allegra Goodman Reads “Ambrose”

Allegra Goodman reads her story “Ambrose,” from the September 30, 2024, issue of the magazine. Goodman has published two story collections and seven novels, including “ [Kaaterskill Falls] (https://www.amazon.com/Kaaterskill-Falls-Allegra-Goodman/dp/0385323905) ,” which was a National Book Award Finalist; “ [The Chalk Artist] (https://www.amazon.com/Chalk-Artist-Novel-Allegra-Goodman/dp/1400069874/) ”; and “ [Sam] (https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Novel-Allegra-Goodman/dp/0593447832/) ,” which came out last year. ... Read more

22 Sep 2024

28 MINS

28:16

22 Sep 2024

#143

Hugo Hamilton Reads “Autobahn”

Hugo Hamilton reads his story “ [Autobahn] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/23/autobahn-fiction-hugo-hamilton) ,” from the September 23, 2024, issue of the magazine. Hamilton, a winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, is the author of the memoir “ [The Speckled People] (https://www.amazon.com/Speckled-People-Memoir-Half-Irish-Childhood/dp/0007156634?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ” and ten novels, including “ [Dublin Palms] (https://www.amazon.com/Dublin-Palms/dp/000812809X?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ” and “ [The Pages] (https://www.amazon.com/Pages-novel-Hugo-Hamilton/dp/0593320662?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) .” ... Read more

15 Sep 2024

20 MINS

20:49

15 Sep 2024

#142

Bryan Washington Reads “Last Coffeehouse on Travis”

Bryan Washington reads his story “ [Last Coffeehouse on Travis] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/16/last-coffeehouse-on-travis-fiction-bryan-washington) ,” from the September 16, 2024, issue of the magazine. A winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Lambda Literary Award, Washington is the author of one story collection and two novels, “ [Memorial] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593087275) ,” which came out in 2020, and “ [Family Meal] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593421108) ,” which was published last year. Be among the first to see the 2024 National Book Awards longlists. [Sign up] (https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/fiction) for the magazine's Books and Fiction newsletter, where you’ll also receive early access to new short stories, plus essays and criticism. ... Read more

08 Sep 2024

47 MINS

47:47

08 Sep 2024

#141

Sigrid Nunez Reads “Greensleeves”

Sigrid Nunez reads her story “ [Greensleeves,] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/greensleeves-fiction-sigrid-nunez) ” from the September 9, 2024, issue of the magazine. Nunez is the author of a memoir and nine novels, including “ [The Friend] (https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Novel-Sigrid-Nunez/dp/0735219443) ,” which won the National Book Award in 2018, and “ [The Vulnerables] (https://www.amazon.com/Vulnerables-Novel-Sigrid-Nunez/dp/0593715519) ,” which was published last year. ... Read more

02 Sep 2024

36 MINS

36:00

02 Sep 2024

#140

Yiyun Li Reads “The Particles of Order”

Yiyun Li reads her story “ [The Particles of Order] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/02/the-particles-of-order-fiction-yiyun-li) ,” from the September 2, 2024, issue of the magazine. Li is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novels “ [Must I Go] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399589120?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ” and “ [The Book of Goose] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/037460634X?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” and the story collection “ [Wednesday’s Child] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374606374?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” which was a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. A new nonfiction book, “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” will be published next year. ... Read more

25 Aug 2024

56 MINS

56:39

25 Aug 2024

#139

Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”

Akhil Sharma reads his story “The Narayans,” from the August 26, 2024, issue of the magazine. Sharma is the author of the story collection “ [A Life of Adventure and Delight] (https://www.amazon.com/Life-Adventure-Delight-Akhil-Sharma/dp/0393285340) ,” and two novels, “ [An Obedient Father] (https://www.amazon.com/Obedient-Father-Akhil-Sharma/dp/1946022381) ,” which was published in 2000 and republished, in a revised version, in 2022, and “ [Family Life] (https://www.amazon.com/Family-Life-Novel-Akhil-Sharma/dp/0393060055) ,” for which he won the International Dublin Literary Award in 2016. ... Read more

18 Aug 2024

21 MINS

21:30

18 Aug 2024

#138

Sam Lipsyte Reads “The Naturals”

This week’s issue of The New Yorker is an archival issue, and we’d like to accompany it with an episode of the Writer’s Voice featuring an archival story: “ [The Naturals] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/05/the-naturals) ,” by Sam Lipsyte, which was published in the May 5, 2014, issue of the magazine. Lipsyte is the author of eight books of fiction, including the story collection “The Fun Parts,” “The Ask,” and “No One Left to Come Looking for You,” which was published in 2022. ... Read more

11 Aug 2024

37 MINS

37:38

11 Aug 2024

#137

Caleb Crain Reads “Clay”

Caleb Crain reads his story “ [Clay] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/clay-fiction-caleb-crain) ,” from the August 12, 2024, issue of the magazine. Crain is the author of one book of nonfiction and two novels, “Necessary Errors,” which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and “Overthrow,” which was published in 2019. ... Read more

04 Aug 2024

42 MINS

42:19

04 Aug 2024

#136

Nell Freudenberger Reads “Attila”

Nell Freudenberger reads her story “ [Attila] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/05/attila-fiction-nell-freudenberger) ,” from the August 5, 2024, issue of the magazine. Freudenberger is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “Lost and Wanted” and “The Limits,” which was published earlier this year. She was included in The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” Fiction Issue in 2010. ... Read more

28 Jul 2024

40 MINS

40:42

28 Jul 2024

#135

Sarah Braunstein Reads “Abject Naturalism”

Sarah Braunstein reads her story “Abject Naturalism,” from the July 29, 2024, issue of the magazine. Braunstein is the author of two novels, “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children” and “Bad Animals,” which was published earlier this year. She is a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” Award. ... Read more

21 Jul 2024

54 MINS

54:59

21 Jul 2024

#134

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Freedom to Move”

Ayşegül Savaş reads her story “ [Freedom to Move] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/22/freedom-to-move-fiction-aysegul-savas) ,” from the July 22, 2024, issue of the magazine. Savaş is the author of three novels, “Walking on the Ceiling,” “White on White,” and “The Anthropologists,” which came out this month. ... Read more

14 Jul 2024

23 MINS

23:22

14 Jul 2024

#133

Sally Rooney Reads “Opening Theory”

Sally Rooney reads her story “ [Opening Theory] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/08/opening-theory-fiction-sally-rooney) ,” from the July 8 & 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Rooney is the author of three novels, “Conversations with Friends,” “Normal People,” and “Beautiful World, Where Are You.” A new novel, “Intermezzo,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in September. ... Read more

01 Jul 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:35

01 Jul 2024

#132

Annie Proulx Reads “The Hadal Zone”

Annie Proulx reads her story “ [The Hadal Zone] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/08/the-hadal-zone-fiction-annie-proulx) ,” from the July 8 & 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Proulx’s works of fiction include the novels “That Old Ace in the Hole” and “Barkskins,” and three collections of Wyoming stories, “Close Range,” “Bad Dirt,” and “Fine Just the Way It Is.” She is a winner of the pen/Faulkner Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, among other awards. ... Read more

30 Jun 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:28

30 Jun 2024

#131

Tessa Hadley Reads “Vincent’s Party”

Tessa Hadley reads her story “Vincent’s Party,” from the July 1, 2024, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published twelve books of fiction, including the novel “Free Love” and the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral,” which came out last year. She is a winner of the 2016 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize. ... Read more

23 Jun 2024

54 MINS

54:25

23 Jun 2024

#130

Roddy Doyle Reads “The Buggy”

Roddy Doyle reads his story “ [The Buggy] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/the-buggy-fiction-roddy-doyle) ,” from the June 24, 2024, issue of the magazine. Doyle is the author of sixteen books of fiction, including the Booker Prize-winning novel “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha,” and the story collection “Life Without Children.” A new novel, “The Women Behind the Door,” will be published in September. ... Read more

16 Jun 2024

19 MINS

19:26

16 Jun 2024

#129

Camille Bordas Reads “Chicago on the Seine”

Camille Bordas reads her story “Chicago on the Seine,” from the June 17, 2024, issue of the magazine. Bordas published two novels in France. Her first novel in English, “How to Behave in a Crowd,” came out in 2017, and a new novel, “The Material,” was published this month. ... Read more

09 Jun 2024

35 MINS

35:25

09 Jun 2024

#128

Lore Segal Reads “Beyond Imagining”

Lore Segal reads her story “ [Beyond Imagining] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/beyond-imagining-fiction-lore-segal) ,” from the June 10, 2024, issue of the magazine. Segal’s most recent books are “The Journal I Did Not Keep: New and Selected Writing” and “Ladies’ Lunch and Other Stories,” which came out last year. ... Read more

02 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:08

02 Jun 2024

#127

Thomas McGuane Reads “Thataway”

Thomas McGuane reads his story “ [Thataway] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/thataway-fiction-thomas-mcguane) ,” from the May 27, 2024, issue of the magazine. McGuane has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including the story collections “ [Gallatin Canyon] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400075181) ,” “ [Crow Fair] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345805917) ,” and “ [Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345805925) ,” which came out in 2018. ... Read more

19 May 2024

39 MINS

39:30

19 May 2024

#126

André Alexis Reads “Consolation”

André Alexis reads his story “Consolation,” from the May 20, 2024, issue of the magazine. Alexis, a playwright and fiction writer, received the Windham Campbell Prize in fiction in 2017. His novels include “Fifteen Dogs,” which won the Giller Prize, and “Days by Moonlight.” His story collection, “The Night Piece,” was published in 2020 ... Read more

12 May 2024

45 MINS

45:13

12 May 2024

#125

Simon Rich Reads “We’re Not So Different, You and I”

Simon Rich reads his story “We’re Not So Different, You and I,” from the May 13, 2024, issue of the magazine. Rich has published eight books of fiction, including “ [The Last Girlfriend on Earth] (https://www.amazon.com/Last-Girlfriend-Earth-Other-Stories/dp/0316219398?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” which was adapted for the TV series “Man Seeking Woman,” and “ [Hits and Misses] (https://www.amazon.com/Hits-and-Misses-Simon-Rich-audiobook/dp/B07F8ZBCDT?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2019. A new story collection, “ [Glory Days] (https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Days-Stories-Simon-Rich/dp/0316569003?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” will be published in July. ... Read more

06 May 2024

22 MINS

22:53

06 May 2024

#124

Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”

Cynan Jones reads his story “ [Pulse] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/pulse-fiction-cynan-jones) ,” from the May 6, 2024, issue of the magazine. Jones is the author of six books of fiction, including, most recently, the novel “ [Cove] (https://www.amazon.com/Cove-Cynan-Jones/dp/1936787849?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ” and the story collection “ [Stillicide] (https://www.amazon.com/Stillicide-Novel-Cynan-Jones/dp/1646220137/?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) .” His previous story in The New Yorker, “ [The Edge of the Shoal] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/the-edge-of-the-shoal) ,” was the 2017 winner of the BBC National Short Story Award. ... Read more

29 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:03

29 Apr 2024

#123

Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”

Joyce Carol Oates reads her story “Late Love,” from the April 22 & 29, 2024, issue of the magazine. Oates, a winner of the National Humanities Medal and the Jerusalem Prize, among others, is the author of more than seventy books of fiction. A new novel, “ [Butcher] (https://www.amazon.com/Butcher-novel-Joyce-Carol-Oates-ebook/dp/B0CG8SNND2?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” and a story collection, “ [Flint Kill Creek] (https://www.amazon.com/Flint-Kill-Creek-Stories-Suspense/dp/1613165579/?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” will be published later this year. ... Read more

15 Apr 2024

51 MINS

51:58

15 Apr 2024

#122

Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”

Kevin Barry reads his story “ [Finistère] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/15/finistere-fiction-kevin-barry) ,” from the April 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Barry is the author of six books of fiction, including the novel “ [City of Bohane] (https://www.amazon.com/City-Bohane-Novel-Kevin-Barry/dp/155597645X?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” for which he won the International Dublin Literary Award, and the story collection “ [That Old Country Music] (https://www.amazon.com/That-Old-Country-Music-Stories/dp/0385540337?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” which came out in 2020. A new novel, “The Heart in Winter,” will be published in July. ... Read more

08 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:58

08 Apr 2024

#121

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “ [Bozo] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/bozo-fiction-souvankham-thammavongsa) ” from the April 8, 2024, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry and the story collection “ [How to Pronounce Knife] (https://www.amazon.com/How-Pronounce-Knife-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0316422134?ots=1&tag=thneyo0f-20&linkCode=w50) ,” which won the Giller Prize in 2020. ... Read more

01 Apr 2024

24 MINS

24:02

01 Apr 2024

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#150

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Minimum Payment Due”

#149

Greg Jackson Reads “The Honest Island”

#148

Paul Yoon Reads “War Dogs”

#147

Joshua Cohen Reads “My Camp”

#146

Matthew Klam Reads “Hi Daddy”

#145

Bonus: The Fiction Podcast: Jennifer Egan Reads Lore Segal

#144

Allegra Goodman Reads “Ambrose”

#143

Hugo Hamilton Reads “Autobahn”

#142

Bryan Washington Reads “Last Coffeehouse on Travis”

#141

Sigrid Nunez Reads “Greensleeves”

#140

Yiyun Li Reads “The Particles of Order”

#139

Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”

#138

Sam Lipsyte Reads “The Naturals”

#137

Caleb Crain Reads “Clay”

#136

Nell Freudenberger Reads “Attila”

#135

Sarah Braunstein Reads “Abject Naturalism”

#134

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Freedom to Move”

#133

Sally Rooney Reads “Opening Theory”

#132

Annie Proulx Reads “The Hadal Zone”

#131

Tessa Hadley Reads “Vincent’s Party”

#130

Roddy Doyle Reads “The Buggy”

#129

Camille Bordas Reads “Chicago on the Seine”

#128

Lore Segal Reads “Beyond Imagining”

#127

Thomas McGuane Reads “Thataway”

#126

André Alexis Reads “Consolation”

#125

Simon Rich Reads “We’re Not So Different, You and I”

#124

Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”

#123

Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”

#122

Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”

#121

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”