Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges

<p>Henri Cole joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/07/06/vita-nova"><strong>Vita Nova</strong></a>,” by Louise Glück, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/20/figs"><strong>Figs</strong></a>.” Cole is the auth ... Show More

<p>Bruce Smith joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/open-letter-to-my-ancestors"><strong>Open Letter To My Ancestors</strong></a><strong>,</strong>” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/ ... Show More

<p>Garrett Hongo joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1983/03/21/tang-notebook"><strong>T’ang Notebook</strong></a><strong>,</strong>” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/on-emptiness-garret ... Show More

Saeed Jones discusses the poetry and prose that made him the writer he is today. 

Though he was admired by some of the liveliest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that Eliot, Beckett or Joyce have been. Thomas Dilworth's biography - the first full biography of Jones, and thirty years in the making - ai ... Show More

<p>Madeleine Thien joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/06/the-cafeteria-in-the-evening-and-a-pool-in-the-rain">The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain</a>,” by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Step ... Show More

<p><span>Kevin Barry joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1977/11/28/a-family-man">A Family Man</a><span>,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 1977. ... Show More

<p>Joyce Carol Oates reads her story “Late Love,” from the April 22 &amp; 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, “<a href="https://w ... Show More

In “Hebrews 13” by Jericho Brown, a narrator says: “my lover and my brother both knocked at my door.” The heat is turned on, scalding coffee is offered and hastily swallowed, and silence is the soundtrack. What an exquisitely awkward triangle it is, and what a human, beautiful, a ... Show More

<p><span>Akhil Sharma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/10/24/zombie-2">Zombie</a><span>,” by Joyce Carol Oates, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 1994. Sharma ... Show More

<p>Sarah Lyall discusses a new thriller in which a scuba diver gets swallowed by a sperm whale and Joumana Khatib gives recommendations for five August titles.</p><p>Books discussed on this week's episode: </p><p>“Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, a ... Show More

<p><span>Rebecca Curtis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/confessions-of-a-shinagawa-monkey">Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey</a><span>,” by Haruki Murakami, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>Th ... Show More