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The New Yorker: Fiction

EXTRA - Introducing The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker

The New Yorker: Fiction

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Yorker, Wnyc, Literature, Books, New, Fiction, Arts

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Beginning March 21, you’ll be able to hear the stories that appear in The New Yorker, read by their authors, on our new podcast, The Author’s Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker. For this special, one-time preview episode of the podcast, we’ve put together an anthology of recent readings. First, you’ll hear Michael Cunningham reading his updated fairy tale “Little Man”; next will be Zadie Smith reading her story “Escape from New York”; and, finally, Tom Hanks reading his fiction piece “Alan Bean Plus Four.” If you like what you hear, don’t forget to subscribe to The Author’s Voice on your podcast app. Next week’s episode will feature Ian McEwan reading his latest story. We’ll be back here next month with a new episode of The New Yorker Fiction Podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

One Deborah Treesman, fiction editor at The New Yorker.

0:10.6

Thanks for listening to The New Yorker Fiction Podcast.

0:14.1

As you know, every month I invite a current fiction writer to read and discuss a story

0:18.0

from The New Yorker Archive.

0:20.2

What you may not know is that The New Yorker Fiction Podcast isn't the only place to

0:24.0

hear readings of short stories from the magazine.

0:27.2

Each week we invite the author of the short story in that week's issue to record his or

0:31.4

her piece for The New Yorker's website.

0:34.6

Starting later this month, we'll be making those recordings available for free on a new

0:38.9

podcast called The author's voice, New Fiction from The New Yorker.

0:44.2

To give you a special preview of what you can expect on The author's voice, we've put

0:47.7

together this anthology of three recent readings.

0:51.0

First you'll hear Michael Cunningham reading his updated fairy tale Little Man, which appeared

0:56.2

in the magazine's August 10th 2015 issue.

1:00.3

Next we'll be Zadie Smith reading her story Escape from New York, which was published

1:04.3

in the June 8th 2015 issue.

1:07.3

And finally Tom Hanks reading his fiction piece Alan Bean plus four, which appeared in

1:12.3

the magazine in October of 2014.

1:16.3

If you like what you hear, please remember to subscribe to The author's voice.

1:20.0

Just search for the author's voice in your podcast app.

1:23.7

We'll be back here next month with a new episode of The New Yorker Fiction Podcast.

1:28.1

Enjoy the readings.

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