Salman Rushdie reads his story from the July 29, 2019, issue of the magazine. Rushdie has published eleven novels, including "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses," "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights," and "The Golden House." His new novel, "Quichotte," from which this story was adapted, will be published in September.
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Nov 1
Téa Obreht Reads “Family Lore”
Téa Obreht reads her story “Family Lore,” from the November 9, 2026, issue of the magazine. Obreht, who was included in The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” Fiction Issue, in 2010, and the subsequent anthology, in 2021, is the author of four novels, including “The Tiger’s Wife,” a winn ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 25
Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads "Wall Cano"
Souvankham Thammavongsa read her story “Wall Cano,” from the November 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, along with the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife” and the novel “Pick a Color,” both of which were winners of the Giller ... Show More
27m 41s
Oct 18
George Saunders Reads “Appeasement, Ohio”
George Saunders reads his story “Appeasement, Ohio,” from the October 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. A winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, among others, Saunders is the author of five story collections, including “Tenth of December” and “Liberation Day ... Show More
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Aug 2011
Salman Rushdie Reads Donald Barthelme
Salman Rushdie reads Donald Barthelme's "Concerning the Bodyguard," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Concerning the Bodyguard" was published in the October 16, 1978, issue of The New Yorker, and was collected in "Forty Stories." Salman Rus ... Show More
27m 14s
Nov 2025
In 'The Eleventh Hour,' Salman Rushdie writes about morality, revenge and ghosts
Salman Rushdie lived for decades under a death sentence and survived a knife attack three years ago. His latest book The Eleventh Hour is his first work of fiction since that near-death experience. These short stories and novellas center around the end of life, what might come af ... Show More
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Apr 2024
Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is
<p>Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel, “<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323746/the-satanic-verses-by-salman-rushdie/" target="_blank">The Satanic Verses</a>,” made him the target of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who denounced the book as blasphemous and issued a fatwa c ... Show More
59m 49s
Sep 2024
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 the National Book Award in 2012, and “The Night Watchman,” which was awarded the Pul ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2025
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 story collections “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” and “Orange World and Other Stories ... Show More
51m 34s
Feb 2022
Alejandro Zambra Reads Bruno Schulz
Alejandro Zambra joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Loneliness,” by Bruno Schulz, translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Zambra is a Chilean poet, novelist, and story writer whose most recent novel, “Chilean Poet,” ... Show More
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