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Sep 2023
21m 12s

Lore Segal Reads “On the Agenda”

WNYC STUDIOS AND THE NEW YORKER
About this episode
Lore Segal reads her story “On the Agenda,” which appears in the September 18, 2023, 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 comes out later this month. 
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