André Alexis Reads Alice Munro

André Alexis Reads Alice Munro

André Alexis joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro, who died in May at age ninety-two. Alexis reads and discusses “Before the Change,” by Munro, which was published in The New Yorker in 1998. Alexis’s works of fiction include “Fifteen Dogs,” which won the Giller Prize, “Days by Moonlight,” and the story collection “The Night Piece,” which was published in 2020.

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Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow

Camille Bordas Reads Saul Bellow

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Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver

Sherman Alexie Reads Raymond Carver

Sherman Alexie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where I’m Calling From,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1982. Alexie is the author of nineteen books of fiction ...

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Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley

Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley

Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Friends,” by Grace Paley, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Jen is the author of nine books, including the novel “The Resisters” and t...

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Alejandro Zambra Reads Bruno Schulz

Alejandro Zambra Reads Bruno Schulz

Alejandro Zambra joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Loneliness,” by Bruno Schulz, translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Zambra is a C...

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Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett

Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett

Kevin Barry joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Family Man,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Barry is a winner of the International Dublin Literary Award a...

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Will Mackin Reads George Saunders

Will Mackin Reads George Saunders

Will Mackin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Falls,” by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 1996. Mackin’s first book, “Bring Out the Dog,” was published in 2018 a...

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Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar

Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar

Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “In the Name of Bobby,” by Julio Cortázar, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Lerner i...

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Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

Donald Antrim joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme, which was published in The New Yorker in 1966. Antrim is the author of three novels and the story collectio...

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