The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Anne Enright reads her story “The Bridge Stood Fast [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/magazine/2025/08/04/the-bridge-stood-fast-fiction-anne-enright],” from the August 4, 2025, issue of the magazine. Enright has published eleven books of fiction, including the story collection “Yesterday’s Weather [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuySpndJ5PJEwo4MwshQFY7nTEwhh3RURfGwNXcv3Mx2FQveaQzpu],” and the novels “The Gathering [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuySpndJ6GiaT6hqFK6UmvFferu5Ng3J6YEydUmLRcjNcKUhXckQD],” which won the Man Booker Prize, “Actress [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyv7rkXC7T2VvdfaeozXrtiZnaZAzWKfT37HVcfGYHdYV4sFXQPcQd],” and “The Wren, The Wren [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyv7rkXC7T2VvesGMBc8bwvTzKXMYUP5Jb3x1cBCuCn7FwWmceDzyb].” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Mona Awad reads her story “The Chartreuse [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/the-chartreuse-fiction-mona-awad],” from the July 28, 2025, issue of the magazine. Awad is the author of four books of fiction, including “13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl [https://www.amazon.com/13-Ways-Looking-Fat-Girl/dp/0143128485],” which won the Amazon Best First Novel Award, and “Rouge [https://www.amazon.com/Rouge-Novel-Mona-Awad/dp/1982169699],” which was published in 2023. Her new novel, “We Love You, Bunny [https://www.amazon.com/We-Love-You-Bunny-Novel/dp/166805986X],” will come out in September. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Clare Sestanovich reads her story “Natural History [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/21/natural-history-fiction-clare-sestanovich],” from the July 21, 2025, issue of the magazine. Sestanovich is the author of the story collection “Objects of Desire [https://www.amazon.com/Objects-Desire-Stories-Clare-Sestanovich/dp/0593318099],” which came out in 2021 and was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the novel “Ask Me Again [https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Me-Again-Clare-Sestanovich/dp/0593318110],” which was published last year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Zadie Smith reads her story “The Silence [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-silence-fiction-zadie-smith],” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Smith, a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, among others, is the author of two short-story collections and six novels, including “NW [https://www.amazon.com/NW-Novel-Zadie-Smith/dp/0143123939],” “Swing Time [https://www.amazon.com/Swing-Time-Novel-Zadie-Smith/dp/0143111647/],” and “The Fraud [https://www.amazon.com/Fraud-Novel-Zadie-Smith/dp/0525558985],” which was published in 2023. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Ottessa Moshfegh reads her story “The Comedian [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-comedian-fiction-ottessa-moshfegh],” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Moshfegh is the author of one story collection and four novels, including “Eileen [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyDFLfb3X3GuX9pHLSGmmg8BHGes1Fid16M7eACzaEg8vXZco9q2],” for which she won the PEN/Hemingway Award in 2016; “My Year of Rest and Relaxation [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyM1SV7g1BfkdyU3vcjvm5xtcyNP8HfYDq5HyT16o2TYQZsdsJmv]”; and “Lapvona [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyM4X6DmztF24N1FdoykS6QntETWSdY7m13ksdNRQgebqc2cvP2x],” which came out in 2022. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]