David Means Reads “Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother”
David Means reads his story “Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother,” from the May 1, 2017, issue of the magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
25 Apr 201726min
Lara Vapnyar Reads “Deaf and Blind”
Lara Vapnyar reads her story “Deaf and Blind” from the April 24, 2017, issue of the magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Apr 201742min
Akhil Sharma reads “You Are Happy?”
The next day, Lakshman telephoned India. He gripped the phone and spoke in a soft, tight voice. “Mommy says she is going to stay in bed and drink.” Even as he was speaking, he knew that his father wou...
11 Apr 201728min
Emma Cline Reads "Northeast Regional"
He stood there for another few minutes before a boy and a girl ambled toward him, the boy not immediately recognizable as his son. It was Rowan, obvious now as the boy got closer, and Richard pretende...
4 Apr 201741min
John Lanchester Reads "Signal"
Kate and I looked at each other and shrugged. Hector was lonely and missing his children. It made sense. But then Kate noticed something, and that was when the holiday went irrecoverably wrong. ...
28 Mar 201746min
Victor Lodato Reads “Herman Melville, Volume I”
He pushes her against a tree, and even though his hand is somewhere else, the girl feels it on her throat. She can’t speak. She only squeaks. A shadow falls, as if to give them privacy. The man takes ...
21 Mar 201757min
Anne Enright Reads "Solstice"
This was the part of the journey that he loved best: the street lamps gave way to the idea of countryside, and there was a song on the radio as the road opened up ahead. The music made him feel like h...
7 Mar 201717min
Zadie Smith Reads "Crazy They Call Me"
Take back your mink, take back your pearls. But you don’t sing that song, it’s not in your key. Let some other girl sing it.The type who gets a smile from a cop even if she’s crossing Broadway in her ...
28 Feb 201720min
