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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.

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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.

    Simon Rich Reads “We’re Not So Different, You and I”

    Simon Rich Reads “We’re Not So Different, You and I”

    Simon Rich reads his story “We’re Not So Different, You and I,” from the May 13, 2024, issue of the magazine. Rich has published eight books of fiction, including “The Last Girlfriend on Earth,” which was adapted for the TV series “Man Seeking Woman,” and “Hits and Misses,” which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2019. A new story collection, “Glory Days,” will be published in July.

    • 22 min
    Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”

    Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”

    Cynan Jones reads his story “Pulse,” from the May 6, 2024, issue of the magazine. Jones is the author of six books of fiction, including, most recently, the novel “Cove” and the story collection “Stillicide.” His previous story in The New Yorker, “The Edge of the Shoal,” was the 2017 winner of the BBC National Short Story Award.

    • 28 min
    Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”

    Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”

    Joyce Carol Oates reads her story “Late Love,” from the April 22 & 29, 2024, issue of the magazine. Oates, a winner of the National Humanities Medal and the Jerusalem Prize, among others, is the author of more than seventy books of fiction. A new novel, “Butcher,” and a story collection, “Flint Kill Creek,” will be published later this year.

    • 51 min
    Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”

    Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”

    Kevin Barry reads his story “Finistère,” from the April 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Barry is the author of six books of fiction, including the novel “City of Bohane,” for which he won the International Dublin Literary Award, and the story collection “That Old Country Music,” which came out in 2020. A new novel, “The Heart in Winter,” will be published in July.

    • 28 min
    Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”

    Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”

    Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Bozo” from the April 8, 2024, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry and the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife,” which won the Giller Prize in 2020.

    • 24 min
    Mohammed Naseehu Ali Reads “Allah Have Mercy”

    Mohammed Naseehu Ali Reads “Allah Have Mercy”

    Mohammed Naseehu Ali reads his story “Allah Have Mercy” from the April 1, 2024, issue of the magazine. Ali is the author of “The Prophet of Zongo Street,” a story collection, which came out in 2005. He teaches undergraduate fiction in N.Y.U.’s Creative Writing department.

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Odile's Gaze ,

Review of David Falude’s reading of ‘Sand Banks, 1861’

Hello,

I have just listened to Falude’s reading of his story. Try as I did, I could barely understand his hurried and muddled sounding rendition of his own story, leaving no time to contemplate the word choice or understand the plot which he seemed to be in a terrible hurry to deliver. His reading virtually massacred whatever gifts this author may posses. I also tried to listen to the piece on half speed and also found it unintelligible. His delivery offers no amount of decay as he abruptly truncates the words and renders the reader without an impression.
When listening or reading to The New Yorker I expect quality curation and someone oversees the quality of the material. I had lived in Manhattan for over thirty years. In this case, I was sorely disappointed and fruitlessly wished for the time spent listening to be returned.

Sincerely,
M.C. Grondahl

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