Apr 1

Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar

Valeria Luiselli joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “The Night Face Up,” by Julio Cortázar, which was published in The New Yorker in 1967. Luiselli is the author of five books, including the nonfiction book “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions” and the novels “The Story ... Show More

1h 11m

Mar 1

Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor

Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Two Pilgrims,” by Peter Taylor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1963. Mueenuddin is the author of the novel “This Is Where the Serpent Lives,” which was published in January, and the story collection “In Other Rooms, ... Show More

1h 3m

Feb 1

Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern

Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read “Gold Watch,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1980. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral,” and the novella “The Party.” She won a ... Show More

1h 22m

Jun 2025

Jhumpa Lahiri Reads “Jubilee”

Jhumpa Lahiri reads her story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/jubilee-fiction-jhumpa-lahiri">Jubilee</a>,” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Lahiri, a recipient of the National Humanities Medal and the PEN/Malamud A ... Show More

47m 56s

Aug 2024

Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”

Akhil Sharma reads his story “The Narayans,” from the August 26, 2024, issue of the magazine. Sharma is the author of the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Adventure-Delight-Akhil-Sharma/dp/0393285340">A Life of Adventure and Delight</a>,” ... Show More

21m 30s

Oct 2024

Merve Emre on Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the writer, critic, and author, Merve Emre. Currently the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University – and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism – ... Show More

49m 21s

Aug 2024

21st Century Books Special Edition: Jennifer Egan on 'A Visit from the Goon Squad'

As part of its recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html" target="_blank">100 Best Books of the 21st Century</a> project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This ... Show More

41m 8s

Sep 2024

Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie

The British writer Kate Atkinson has had a rich and varied career since her debut novel, “Behind the Scenes at the Museum,” won the Whitbread Book of the Year award in 1996; her 14 subsequent books have included story collections, historical fiction and an inventive speculativ ... Show More

44m 48s

Jul 2025

Zadie Smith Reads “The Silence”

Zadie Smith reads her story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-silence-fiction-zadie-smith">The Silence</a>,” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Smith, a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Audible Li ... Show More

33m 57s

Jun 2025

Ep. 228 - Jane Johnson on how her editing experience made her a better author

Jane Johnson is a novelist, historian, and publisher. She is the UK publisher of many bestselling authors, including George R.R. Martin. She has written for both adults and children, including the bestselling novels The Tenth Gift and The Salt Road. Her latest book is Secrets of ... Show More

1h 4m

Dec 2024

Sheila Heti on Jenny Holzer, Berthe Morisot, Margaux Williamson, and more

Welcome to the FINALE of Season 12! I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the acclaimed writer, Sheila Heti. Born in 1976 in Toronto, where she lives today, Heti is the author of eleven books, from novels to novellas, short stories and children’s books. Most ... Show More

33m 37s

Sep 2025

David Wright Faladé Reads “Amarillo Boulevard”

David Wright Faladé reads his story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/06/amarillo-boulevard-fiction-david-wright-falade">Amarillo Boulevard</a>,” from the October 6, 2025, issue of the magazine. Wright Faladé, the recipient of a Zora Neale H ... Show More

42m 51s

Oct 2025

740 Mel Brooks and Other Eminent Jews (with David Denby) | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (#13 GBOAT)

In this episode, Jacke talks to author David Denby about his new book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer, a group biography (loosely inspired by Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians) that describes how four larger-than-life figures upended the restrained culture of ... Show More

1h 3m

Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri