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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.

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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.

    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
    Zach Williams Reads “Neighbors”

    Zach Williams Reads “Neighbors”

    Zach Williams reads his story “Neighbors” from the March 25, 2024, issue of the magazine. Williams is a Jones Lecturer in Fiction at Stanford University. His début story collection, “Beautiful Days,” will be published in June.

    • 30 min
    Joseph O’Neill Reads “The Time Being”

    Joseph O’Neill Reads “The Time Being”

    Joseph O’Neill reads his story “The Time Being” from the March 18, 2024, issue of the magazine. O’Neill is the author of one story collection and four novels, including “Netherland,” which won the pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, in 2009, and “The Dog.” A new novel, “Godwin,” will be published in June. 

    • 33 min

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