The New Yorker: Fiction

Kate Walbert joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Pet Milk,” by Stuart Dybek, from a 1984 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ottessa Moshfegh joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "My Life Is a Joke," by Sheila Heti, from a 2015 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A.M. Homes joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stone Mattress," from a 2011 issue of The New Yorker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hari Kunzru reads and discusses “The Colonel's Daughter,” by Robert Coover, from a 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Book of Sand,” by Jorge Luis Borges, from a 1976 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lorrie Moore joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Naked Ladies," by Antonya Nelson, from a 1992 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Colin Barrett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Stuff" by Joy Williams, from a 2016 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Leopard," by Wells Tower from a 2008 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Last month, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Fiction Podcast, we asked you to vote for your favorite episode from our first ten years. The winner was an episode from 2012, in which David Sedaris read and discussed "Roy Spivey," by Miranda July. This is a re-release of that podcast. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Extra,” by Yiyun Li from a 2003 issue of the magazine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices