The New Yorker: Fiction

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Short story structure and fragmentationLiterary voice and narrative authorityMortality and existential themes in fictionHuman connection and unknowabilityMyth and folklore in contemporary literatureEditorial process and authorial intentGallows humor in serious fictionAdvertising and consumer culture as literary subjectSpiritual longing in secular narrativesMemory and regret in aging characters

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Sep 1, 2025

Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson

Short story structure and fragmentationLiterary voice and narrative authorityMortality and existential themes in fiction

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Oct 1, 2025

Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich

Literary ambiguity and reader interpretationGeological timescale in narrativeObject agency and non-human consciousness

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Nov 1, 2025

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace's narrative techniques and posthumous publicationLiterary analysis of 'Backbone' and The Pale KingThemes of faith, discipline, and self-perfection in fiction

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Dec 1, 2025

Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver's literary evolution and stylistic developmentFamily financial obligation and codependency dynamicsWorking-class economic struggle and survival

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Jan 1, 2026

Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li

Narrative Structure and Pacing in Short FictionCharacter Psychology Through Structural ChoiceIdentity Construction and Diaspora

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Feb 1, 2026

Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern

Father-Son Relationships and Patriarchal ViolenceLiterary Technique: Repetition and Rhythm in Short FictionRural-Urban Migration and Identity Formation

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