Joyce Carol Oates Reads "Lost Child"
Joyce Carol Oates reads her story “Lost Child,” from the September 21, 2026, issue of the magazine. A winner of the National Humanities Medal and the Jerusalem Prize, among others, Oates is the author...
13 Sep 38min
Hisham Matar Reads "New Shoes"
Hisham Matar reads his story “New Shoes,” from the September 14, 2026, issue of the magazine. Matar is the author of five books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir “The Return” and the novels...
6 Sep 32min
Helen Simpson Reads “Lub Dub Lub Dub Lub Dub”
Helen Simpson reads her story “Lub Dub Lub Dub Lub Dub,” from the September 7, 2026, issue of the magazine. A winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’s E. M. Forster Award, Simpson is the a...
30 Aug 20min
Madhuri Vijay Reads "Hidden Life"
Madhuri Vijay reads her story “Hidden Life,” from the August 24 & 31, 2026, issue of the magazine. Vijay is the author of the novel “The Far Field,” which won India’s J.C.B. Prize for Literature in 20...
16 Aug 1h 5min
Rachel Yoder Reads "The Promise"
Rachel Yoder reads her story “The Promise,” from the August 10, 2026, issue of the magazine. Yoder is the author of the novel “Nightbitch,” which was published in 2021. A finalist for the PEN/Hemingwa...
2 Aug 33min
Sheila Heti Reads "Earthly Delights"
Sheila Heti reads her story “Earthly Delights,” from the August 3, 2026, issue of the magazine. Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novel “Pure Colour,” which won the Governor General’s ...
26 Juli 29min
Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”
Min Jin Lee reads her story “Testing,” from the July 27, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lee is the author of the novels “Free Food for Millionaires” and “Pachinko,” which was a National Book Award final...
19 Juli 53min
