T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “The Pool”

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🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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T. Coraghessan Boyle reads his story “The Pool,” from the September 22, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story, among others, Boyle has published more than thirty books of fiction, including the story collection “I Walk Between the Raindrops” and the novel “Blue Skies,” which came out in 2023.

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