Addie Citchens reads her story “That Girl,” from the February 12 & 19, 2024, issue of the magazine. Citchens is a Mississippi Delta-born, New Orleans-based writer of fiction and nonfiction. She has published work in the Oxford American and The Paris Review, among other places.
Jun 28
Will Mackin Reads "Pig Lab"
Will Mackin reads his story “Pig Lab,” from the July 6 & 13, 2026, issue of the magazine. Mackin, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the author of “Bring Out the Dog,” which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize as the best début short-story collection of 20 ... Show More
31m 32s
Jun 21
Ben Lerner Reads “The Readers”
Ben Lerner reads his story “The Readers,” from the June 29, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lerner is the author of nine books of poetry and fiction, including the novels “10:04,” “The Topeka School,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, and “Transcription,” which ca ... Show More
37m 50s
Jun 7
Andrea Bajani Reads “Constellation”
Andrea Bajani reads his story “Constellation,” which was translated, from the Italian, by Geoffrey Brock, and appeared in the June 15, 2026, issue of the magazine. Bajani is a winner of the Bagutta Prize and the Strega Prize, among other awards, and the author of ten books of fic ... Show More
38m 3s
Dec 2019
Ann Beattie Reads Mavis Gallant
<p>Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/01/05/dede">Dédé</a>,” by Mavis Gallant, which appeared in a 1987 issue of the magazine. Beattie has published eleven story collections and nine novels, including “Mrs. Nix ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2023
Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live
<p>Margaret Atwood joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1976/01/19/varieties-of-exile">Varieties of Exile</a>,” by Mavis Gallant, which was published in <i>The New Yorker</i> in 1976. Atwood is the author of more than forty books ... Show More
1h 19m
<p><span>Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1979/06/18/friends-4">Friends</a><span>,” by Grace Paley, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 1979. Jen is the aut ... Show More
<p><span>Ling Ma joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/seeing-ershadi">Seeing Ershadi</a><span>,” by Nicole Krauss, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 2018. M ... 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
<p><span>Margaret Atwood joins </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young">Kevin Young</a><span><span> </span>to read “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/a-stranger">A Stranger</a><span>,” by Saeed Jones, and her own poem “</span ... Show More
