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“The Hobbler”
Flash Fiction

“The Hobbler”

Maybe there’s still hope for a new morning, for clouds that cluster like ripe grapes which, when squeezed, will release from the heavens the sweet streams of enchanted days.
By Ingeborg Bachmann
“The Blight”
Fiction

“The Blight”

“The Blight”
You weighed the future anger of others against the present trouble, and then you pretty much said, O.K. Kick the can down the road.
By Emma Cline
“The Promise”
Fiction

“The Promise”

“The Promise”
You couldn’t be certain, in the night, what sort of world the doors might open onto, were you to turn the knob.
By Rachel Yoder
“Earthly Delights”
Fiction

“Earthly Delights”

“Earthly Delights”
So then they did it. And it was pretty incredible—pretty incredible for a first time.
By Sheila Heti
“Testing”
Fiction

“Testing”

“Testing”
In less than twenty-four hours, he would take the Suneung again, and, for the past three years, he had done little but sleep, eat, and study for this exam.
By Min Jin Lee

Flash Fiction

“Tributaries”
Flash Fiction

“Tributaries”

“Tributaries”
He heard her crying out in the dark. He couldn’t be sure if it was in sadness or joy or both.
By Kyle Edwards
“One and No One”
Flash Fiction

“One and No One”

“One and No One”
When the angel came to Craig, he was seven, squatting in the outhouse at camp.
By Gabriel Winslow-Yost
“The Window”
Flash Fiction

“The Window”

“The Window”
Yes, pulling the shade was my nightly task, and she’d never think to do it, but already I was half an hour away from home.
By Helen Phillips
“Why Would That Help?”
Flash Fiction

“Why Would That Help?”

“Why Would That Help?”
How generous his mother was to some people—but was she?
By Diane Williams

This Week in Fiction

Emma Cline on Rendering the Human Experience
This Week in Fiction

Emma Cline on Rendering the Human Experience

Emma Cline on Rendering the Human Experience
The author discusses her story “The Blight.”
By Deborah Treisman
Rachel Yoder on a Mennonite Childhood and a Story About the Devil
This Week in Fiction

Rachel Yoder on a Mennonite Childhood and a Story About the Devil

Rachel Yoder on a Mennonite Childhood and a Story About the Devil
The author discusses her story “The Promise.”
By Deborah Treisman
Sheila Heti on the Mystery of Lust
This Week in Fiction

Sheila Heti on the Mystery of Lust

Sheila Heti on the Mystery of Lust
The author discusses her story “Earthly Delights.”
By Cressida Leyshon
Min Jin Lee on Exams and Hagwons
This Week in Fiction

Min Jin Lee on Exams and Hagwons

Min Jin Lee on Exams and Hagwons
The author discusses her story “Testing.”
By Deborah Treisman

The Writer’s Voice

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”
The Writer’s Voice

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”
The author reads her story from the August 10, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”
The Writer’s Voice

Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”
The author reads her story from the August 3, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”
The Writer’s Voice

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”
The author reads her story from the July 27, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Bryan Washington Reads “Gatekeeping”
The Writer’s Voice

Bryan Washington Reads “Gatekeeping”

Bryan Washington Reads “Gatekeeping”
The author reads his story from the July 20, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman

The Fiction Podcast

Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami
Fiction Podcast

Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami

Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Man-Eating Cats,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2000.
With Deborah Treisman
Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane
Fiction Podcast

Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane

Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Hostel,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2024.
With Deborah Treisman
Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Fiction Podcast

Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Fugitive,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2014.
With Deborah Treisman
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber
Fiction Podcast

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Evolution,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2022.
With Deborah Treisman

The New Yorker Novella

“The Ice-Skater”
Novellas

“The Ice-Skater”

“The Ice-Skater”
The man from Kabul had warned about the number of men assigned to each room. “I won’t lie to you,” he had said. “You’ll be uncomfortable. You’ll have to adjust.”
By Kanak Kapur
“Server”
Novellas

“Server”

“Server”
It was empty when I logged in. I’d been off it since Vic died, four years ago.
By Bryan Washington
“The Bicycle Accident”
Novellas

“The Bicycle Accident”

“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.”
By Joyce Carol Oates
“Muscle”
Novellas

“Muscle”

“Muscle”
“It’s time to turn up the heat a little bit more. My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.”
By Daniyal Mueenuddin

Poetry

“Horses”
Poems

“Horses”

“Horses”
“Whatever part of Tehran / I place a hand on, it is aching.”
By Garous Abdolmalekian
“Cereus”
Poems

“Cereus”

“Cereus”
“After the box wine, the chicken thighs, and Nancy’s spice cake, / we lounged around talking of poetry, manure, and flowers.”
By Henri Cole
“wasps”
Poems

“wasps”

“wasps”
“how starkly clear you hear them gnawing / at the wood of lawn chairs near the awning.”
By Jan Wagner
“Enjambment”
Poems

“Enjambment”

“Enjambment”
“Oh, / thing, poor thing, little thing, thing thinging, thing is / a beautiful mess.”
By Megan Fernandes

The Poetry Podcast

Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop
Poetry Podcast

Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop

Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Questions of Travel,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and his own poem “My Father in English.”
With Kevin Young
Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham
Poetry Podcast

Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham

Richard Siken Reads Jorie Graham
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.”
With Kevin Young
Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman
Poetry Podcast

Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman

Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.”
With Kevin Young
Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido
Poetry Podcast

Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido

Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Carrowmore,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “The Fifties.”
With Kevin Young

More Fiction & Poetry

“Any Younger”
Poems

“Any Younger”

“Any Younger”
“Only some of me / is here on Earth.”
By Natalie Shapero
“Tick Check”
Poems

“Tick Check”

“Tick Check”
“A living freckle / That knows your name and knows / That it is spring and feels a kind of imaginary privacy.”
By Michael Dickman
“Mice”
Poems

“Mice”

“Mice”
“You may take my word / for their being very nearly as hard to herd / as people.”
By Paul Muldoon
“Cul-de-Sac”
Poems

“Cul-de-Sac”

“Cul-de-Sac”
“Like all tyrants, / my mother made / decrees.”
By Andrea Cohen
“Review to Remember”
Poems

“Review to Remember”

“Review to Remember”
“You argued whether one had to lie to dream, / the tensions between charm & narcissism, / & the existence of Time with everyone younger than you.”
By Terrance Hayes
“Elegy for the Penny”
Poems

“Elegy for the Penny”

“Elegy for the Penny”
“What will I give you now / for your thoughts.”
By Catherine Bowman
“Gatekeeping”
Fiction

“Gatekeeping”

“Gatekeeping”
My brother answered the phone. He told me that there’d been an accident but not to panic.
By Bryan Washington
“Broken”
Flash Fiction

“Broken”

“Broken”
Usually, when I informed a guy that I had a type, that I couldn’t help whom I was or wasn’t attracted to, he moved on. Not you.
By Rabih Alameddine
“requiem for a barber”
Poems

“requiem for a barber”

“requiem for a barber”
“on monday all must rest, so monday it will stay.”
By Jan Wagner
“Campbell’s Tomato Soup”
Poems

“Campbell’s Tomato Soup”

“Campbell’s Tomato Soup”
“Begin with the flavor, which is not rank but insipid.”
By Campbell McGrath