Joy Williams Reads “The Beach House”

Kevin Barry reads his story “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run,” from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Barry is the author of seven books of fiction, including the story collection “That Old Country Music” and the novels “City of Bohane,” for which he won the International Dubl ...  عرض المزيد

Rachel Heng reads her story “A Very Safe Place,” from the October 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Heng is the author of the novels “Suicide Club” and “The Great Reclamation,” which won the New American Voices Award in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices. ...  عرض المزيد

Joy Harjo joins Kevin Young to read “Still-Life with Potatoes, Pearls, Raw Meat, Rhinestones, Lard, and Horse Hooves,” by Sandra Cisneros, and her own poem “Running.” Harjo is the current Poet Laureate of the United States, as well as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets ...  عرض المزيد

Eileen Myles joins Kevin Young to read “Without,” by Joy Harjo, and their own poem “Dissloution.” Myles has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose. Their honors include the Publishing Triangle’s 2020 Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award, an American Academy of ...  عرض المزيد

Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Dédé,” by Mavis Gallant, which appeared in a 1987 issue of the magazine. Beattie has published eleven story collections and nine novels, including “Mrs. Nixon” and this year’s “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.” She was also a win ...  عرض المزيد

Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Groff’s works of fiction include the novels “Fates and Furies” and “Matrix,” both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, and ...  عرض المزيد