Akhil Sharma Reads Joyce Carol Oates

Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “A Small Flame,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “Lot” and the novels “Memorial,” “Fa ... Show More

Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Elephant,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the novels “A Complicated Kindness,” which won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction; “All My Puny Sor ... Show More

<p>Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/07/backbone"><strong>Backbone</strong></a>,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Libra ... 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

<p>This week, Barbara Ehrenreich discusses “Rise of the Robots” and “Shadow Work”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Andrew Solomon talks about Oliver Sacks’s new memoir, “On the Move”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.</p> <p><p> ... Show More

<p>Stephen King’s new novel, “Holly,” is his sixth book to feature the private investigator Holly Gibney, who made her debut as a mousy side character in the 2014 novel “Mr. Mercedes” and has become more complicated and interesting with each subsequent appearance. King appears on ... Show More

<p>This week, Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss the year in poetry; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; George Saunders talks about children’s books; and Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytim ... Show More

<p>It’s that time of year: After months of reading, arguing and (sometimes) happily agreeing, the Book Review’s editors have come up with their picks for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/books/review/best-books-2023.html" target="_blank">the 10 Best Books of 2023</a>. ... Show More

<p>The Times’s staff book critics — Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs — do a lot of reading over the course of any given year, but not everything they read stays with them equally. On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz chats with the critics about the books that ... Show More

<p>It's gonna be a busy spring! On this week’s episode, Gilbert Cruz talks with Tina Jordan and Joumana Khatib about some of the upcoming books they’re anticipating most keenly over the next several months.</p><p>Books discussed in this week’s episode:</p><p>“Knife,” by Salman Ru ... Show More