David Wright Faladé reads his story from the August 31, 2020, issue of the magazine. Wright Faladé is the author of the nonfiction book “Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers” and the young-adult novel “Away Running.” This story was adapted from his novel-in-progress “Nigh-On a Brother,” which will be ... Show More
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Kevin Barry Reads "Chuck Murphy's Last Run"
Kevin Barry reads his story “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run,” from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Barry is the author of seven books of fiction, including the story collection “That Old Country Music” and the novels “City of Bohane,” for which he won the International Dubl ... Show More
34m 47s
Oct 4
Rachel Heng Reads "A Very Safe Place"
Rachel Heng reads her story “A Very Safe Place,” from the October 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Heng is the author of the novels “Suicide Club” and “The Great Reclamation,” which won the New American Voices Award in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices. ... Show More
46m 26s
Sep 20
Sarah Anderson Reads "Dark Horse"
Sarah Anderson reads her story “Dark Horse,” from the September 28, 2026, issue of the magazine. Anderson is a graduate of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, where she won two Hopwood Awards. Her début novel, “Fallow,” was published this month. Learn m ... Show More
39m 31s
Aug 2019
Ariel Francisco Reads James Wright
Ariel Francisco joins Kevin Young to read "By a Lake in Minnesota," by James Wright, and his own poem "Along the East River and in the Bronx Young Men Were Singing." Francisco is a poet and translator who published his debut poetry collection, "All My Heroes Are Broke," in 2017. ... Show More
33m 45s
Aug 2023
David Means Reads Lorrie Moore
David Means joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Face Time,” by Lorrie Moore, which was published in The New Yorker in 2020. Means is the author of a novel and six story collections, including “Instructions for a Funeral” and “Two Nurses, Smoking,” which came out in 2022. Learn mor ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 2020
David Gilbert Reads Samantha Hunt
David Gilbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Three Days,” by Samantha Hunt, which appeared in a 2006 issue of the magazine. Gilbert is the author of two novels, “& Sons” and “The Normals.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1h 8m
Jun 2021
Ben Okri Reads Franz Kafka
Ben Okri joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time,” four short fiction pieces by Franz Kafka, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, which were published in The New Yorker in June of 2020. Okri is the author of two dozen books of f ... Show More
48m 33s
Oct 2019
Ep 204: Nonfiction that reads like a thrilling novel
Today Anne talks books with David Krohse, an Iowa reader who’s woven a love of literature into all aspects of his life — the waiting room of his chiropractic practice, the bar with a group friends, and quality time spent with his wife. David loves larger than life nonfiction, esp ... Show More
42m 12s