Authors
The Writer’s Voice
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Civil Disturbance”
The author reads his story from the June 19, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
George Saunders Reads “Thursday”
The author reads his story from the June 12, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Weekend Essay
The Lows of the High Life
I had never had money, and then I did. For three days in New York, I learned how not to use it.
Page-Turner
Martin Amis, Remembered by Writers
New Yorker writers and contributors reflect on Amis’s life and on their experience of reading his work.
Postscript
Only Martin Sounded Like Martin Amis
To read the late writer’s work was to behold his singular style.
The Writer’s Voice
Nicole Krauss Reads “Long Island”
The author reads her story from the May 22, 2023, issue of the magazine.
Second Read
A Jewish Immigrant Novelist’s Radical Vision for Working Women
The fiction of Anzia Yezierska captures the perennial tension between personal ambition and the obligations of care.
The Writer’s Voice
Rebecca Makkai Reads “The Plaza”
The author reads her story from the May 8, 2023, issue of the magazine.
Under Review
Magda Szabó and the Cost of Censorship
The Hungarian writer’s fiction examines how silence—politically enforced or self-imposed—can warp and disfigure a life.
Persons of Interest
Judy Blume’s Unfinished Endings
Her most famous novel, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” is finally being adapted for the screen. But its mysteries remain rooted in real life.
The Writer’s Voice
Rachel Cusk Reads “The Stuntman”
The author reads her story from the April 24 & May 1, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”
The author reads his story from the April 10, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain Reads “False Star”
The author reads his story from the March 20, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Rivka Galchen Reads “How I Became a Vet”
The author reads her story from the March 13, 2023, issue of the magazine.
Second Read
The Author Who Brought the Montessori Method to Life in Her Fiction
Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s novels took family life and childhood development seriously, glorying in the daily accumulation of small insights and struggles for mastery.
The Writer’s Voice
Allegra Goodman Reads “The Last Grownup”
The author reads her story from the February 27, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The New Yorker Interview
A Lost Interview with Clarice Lispector
The longest and most wide-ranging interview that the great Brazilian author gave, here translated and published for the first time.
Culture Desk
Marcel Proust on What Writing Is
In the last volume of “In Search of Lost Time,” Proust famously describes the transformation of himself as an author.
The Writer’s Voice
Clare Sestanovich Reads “Different People”
The author reads her story from the January 30, 2023, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Yiyun Li Reads “Wednesday’s Child”
The author reads her story from the January 23, 2023, issue of the magazine.