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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.
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Weike Wang Reads “The Dreamdrive”
6d ago00:30:07Tap to summarizeWeike Wang reads “The Dreamdrive,” from the May 25, 2026, issue of the magazine. Wang was chosen for the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” list in 2017, and has published three novels, “Chemistry,” which won the PEN/Hemingway Award, “Joan Is Okay,” and “Rental House.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Chang-rae Lee Reads “Standings”
3w ago00:57:41Tap to summarizeChang-rae Lee reads his story “Standings,” from the May 11 & 18, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lee is the author of six novels, including “Native Speaker,” “The Surrendered,” which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2011, and “My Year Abroad.” His new novel, “A Tender Age,” will be published in August. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Process of Elimination”
4w ago00:39:06Tap to summarizeSaïd Sayrafiezadeh reads his story “Process of Elimination,” from the May 4, 2026, issue of the magazine. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of several plays, a memoir, and the story collections “Brief Encounters with the Enemy” and “American Estrangement,” which was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Thomas McGuane Reads “Ordinary Wear and Tear”
Apr 1900:49:41Tap to summarizeThomas McGuane reads his story “Ordinary Wear and Tear,” from the April 27, 2026, issue of the magazine. McGuane has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including the story collections “Gallatin Canyon,” “Crow Fair,” and “A Wooded Shore,” which came out in 2025. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Douglas Stuart Reads "A Private View"
Apr 1200:44:08Tap to summarizeDouglas Stuart reads his story “A Private View,” from the April 20, 2026, issue of the magazine. Stuart has published two novels, “Shuggie Bain,” which won the Booker Prize in 2020, and “Young Mungo,” released in 2022. His new novel, “John of John,” will be published in May. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Catherine Lacey Reads "Rate Your Happiness"
Apr 500:48:12Tap to summarizeCatherine Lacey reads her story “Rate Your Happiness,” from the April 13, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lacey is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “Pew” and “Biography of X,” both of which were short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2021 and 2024, respectively. Her memoir and novella, “The Möbius Book,” was published in 2025. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Cassandra Neyenesch Reads "Enough for Now"
Mar 2900:35:02Tap to summarizeCassandra Neyenesch reads her story “Enough for Now,” from the April 6, 2026, issue of the magazine. Neyenesch is a Brooklyn-based writer and curator, who has published nonfiction in the Guardian, Public Books, and Art in America, among other places. Her début novel, “A Little Bit Bad,” will be published in May. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads "Floating"
Mar 2200:24:47Tap to summarizeSouvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Floating,” from the March 30, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, as well as the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife” and the novel “Pick a Color,” both of which were winners of the Giller Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Han Ong Reads “My Balenciaga”
Mar 1500:52:56Tap to summarizeHan Ong reads his story “My Balenciaga,” from the March 23, 2026, issue of the magazine. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and of the Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, Ong is the author of more than a dozen plays and two novels, “The Disinherited” and “Fixer Chao,” which will be reissued in July. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Addie Citchens Reads "The City Is a Graveyard”
Mar 800:26:20Tap to summarizeAddie Citchens reads her story “The City Is a Graveyard,” from the March 16, 2026, issue of the magazine. Citchens is a Mississippi Delta-born, New Orleans-based writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel, “Dominion,” was published in 2025 and was short-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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