The New Yorker: Fiction

Chang-rae Lee Reads Steven Millhauser

Jan 1, 2021

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Introduction

2min

The Power of Short Stories

2min

Coming Soon by Stephen Milhouser

4min

Levinson's Story of the Small Town Doldrums

3min

Levinson's Journey to a Quieter Town

4min

Levinson's Memory

5min

The Importance of Change in a New Town

3min

Levinson's Journey to Maine

5min

The Road to Maine

2min

10.

The Supreme Court Upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act

2min

11.

No-Hangers: A Novel

2min

12.

Levinson's Town in Transition

2min

13.

The Importance of Syncrisies in Fiction

2min

14.

The Importance of Place in the Pandemic Period

3min

15.

The Importance of Orderliness and Cleanliness

2min

16.

Ripp Van Winkle's Wake Up

3min

17.

The Horror of Levinson

3min

18.

The Dream of Levinson

2min

19.

The Subscription of Levinson

3min

20.

The Last Words of Levinson

2min

21.

The Importance of Reality

2min

22.

The New Yorker Fiction Podcast

2min

Chang-rae Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Coming Soon,” by Steven Millhauser, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine. Lee’s sixth novel, “My Year Abroad,” will be published in February.

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