Literature
Fiction Podcast
Ottessa Moshfegh Reads David Means
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother,” which was published in a 2017 issue of the magazine.
Postscript
Losing a Brother in Martin Amis
Close up, he was tender, generous, warm, and heroically funny.
Postscript
Martin Amis’s Comic Music
The great British novelist, who has died at seventy-three, had a true literary vitality that was high-spirited and farcical.
Persons of Interest
The Anonymous Postcard That Inspired a French Best-Seller
Anne Berest’s “The Postcard” reads like a detective story, uncovering her Jewish family’s experiences during the Second World War.
Fiction Podcast
Jonas Hassen Khemiri Reads Vladimir Nabokov
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “A Slice of Life,” which was published in a 1976 issue of the magazine.
Novellas
“The Bicycle Accident”
“Of course, Arlette understood, this was not a tragedy. Tragedy would be a broken neck or spine. Paralysis for life. A coma.”
Cultural Comment
“Yellowjackets,” and the Problem of Women Eating One Another
The new season of the Showtime series offers a twist on a tradition that stretches back to Melville, treating cannibalism as a kind of love language.
Onward and Upward in the Garden
How Gardens Promise the Renewal of Life—and Its End
In “Spring Rain: A Life Lived in Gardens,” Marc Hamer wonders what he leaves behind him.
The Writer’s Voice
Ben Lerner Reads “The Ferry”
The author reads his story from the April 10, 2023, issue of the magazine.
This Week in Fiction
Ben Lerner on Lanternflies and Invasive Voices
The author discusses “The Ferry,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
Fiction Podcast
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Ill Seen Ill Said,” which was published in a 1981 issue of the magazine.
Our Columnists
What’s the Point of Reading Writing by Humans?
Maybe one day journalism could be replaced with an immense surveillance state with a GPT-4 plug-in. Why would we want that?
This Week in Fiction
Lyudmila Ulitskaya on Russia’s Women
The author discusses “Alisa,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jia Tolentino on the Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze
A drug designed to treat diabetes is changing how celebrities—and maybe the rest of us—will look. Plus, D. T. Max on the Latino author who fabricated his very identity.
This Week in Fiction
Mary Gaitskill on Revisiting Her Story “Secretary”
The author discusses “Minority Report,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
Dispatch
The Museum Director Who Stayed Behind to Defend Ukrainian Literature
Putin has undertaken the systematic annihilation of the country’s identity and culture. Tetyana Pylypchuk and the staff of Kharkiv’s Literary Museum are fighting back.
Under Review
Searching for Unfamiliar Terrain in “The Nature Book”
We go to the wilderness to test ourselves against an environment indifferent to our presence. Can this experience be re-created in fiction?
This Week in Fiction
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain on First Cars
The author discusses “False Star,” his story from the latest 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.