Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner

Elif Batuman Reads Sylvia Townsend Warner

Elif Batuman joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Truth and Fiction,” by Sylvia Townsend Warner, which was published in The New Yorker in 1961. Batuman is the author of one book of nonfiction, “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,” and two novels, “The Idiot” and “Either/Or,” which was published earlier this year. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010.

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Roger Angell Reads John Updike

Roger Angell Reads John Updike

Roger Angell reads John Updike's short story "Playing with Dynamite," and talks with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, about editing Updike. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx...

12 Helmi 200935min

Thomas McGuane Reads James Salter

Thomas McGuane Reads James Salter

Thomas McGuane reads James Salter's "Last Night," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

10 Tammi 200933min

Roddy Doyle Reads Maeve Brennan

Roddy Doyle Reads Maeve Brennan

Roddy Doyle reads Maeve Brennan's short story "Christmas Eve," and discusses Brennan's relationship with Ireland and Doyle's own family, with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn ...

12 Joulu 200831min

A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson

A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson

A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

12 Marras 200832min

Gary Shteyngart Reads Andrea Lee

Gary Shteyngart Reads Andrea Lee

Gary Shteyngart reads Andrea Lee's short story "Brothers and Sisters Around the World," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail....

9 Loka 200833min

Tobias Wolff Reads Stephanie Vaughn

Tobias Wolff Reads Stephanie Vaughn

Tobias Wolff reads Stephanie Vaughn's short story "Dog Heaven," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

12 Syys 200840min

Jeffrey Eugenides Reads Harold Brodkey

Jeffrey Eugenides Reads Harold Brodkey

Jeffrey Eugenides reads Harold Brodkey's short story "Spring Fugue," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

8 Elo 200824min

Aleksandar Hemon Discusses Bernard Malamud

Aleksandar Hemon Discusses Bernard Malamud

Aleksandar Hemon discusses Bernard Malamud's short story "A Summer's Reading" with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

10 Heinä 200827min