The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”

Apr 3, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Signs of Unwellness

2min

The Importance of Perception

2min

The Fall of Manhattan

2min

The Importance of Earrings

3min

The Importance of Listening to and Erased Messages

2min

The Man Says My Name

3min

The Importance of Listening

2min

The Wake of a Man's Message on the Train Home With Ava

3min

10.

The Colors of Autumn Leaves

2min

11.

Camila and Ava's Story

3min

12.

Camila's Voicemails

1min

13.

The Importance of Silence

2min

14.

Criteria for Deaccession

3min

15.

The Relationship Between Preservation and Destroying

3min

16.

The New Yorker Fiction Podcast: A Writer's Voice

2min

Ben Lerner reads his story “The Ferry,” which appeared in the April 10, 2023, issue of the magazine. Lerner is the author of the novels “Leaving the Atocha Station,” “10:04,” and “The Topeka School,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.

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