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

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]

Jhumpa Lahiri reads her story “Jubilee [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/jubilee-fiction-jhumpa-lahiri],” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Lahiri, a recipient of the National Humanities Medal and the PEN/Malamud Award, among others, is the author of six books of fiction, including the story collections “Interpreter of Maladies [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyHB2wU5LkwL8M4soJwRsMAF2Rbccmar5Efh8dtjasusUKGXuJWG],” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, and “Roman Stories [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyM4X6GQzXoD493yizqe8TYq91yE4CWh7HJGagAf53imq6PWiHkp],” which was written in Italian and published in English in 2023. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Han Ong reads his story “Happy Days [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/30/happy-days-fiction-han-ong],” from the June 30, 2025, issue of the magazine. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Berlin Prize, Ong is the author of more than a dozen plays and two novels, “Fixer Chao [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyH7WHjcwckpUCkCJk8xrBdUGMwnCrTySnBHs1HJcxP2i2PdHq1x]” and “The Disinherited [https://cna.st/affiliate-link/S99RnZiqgDo8vhfxbqdZfQbiYUKY89WDrDizVRneALkJDWX9Tsievc1HZQp26zwmgbzA31begG3Y78BWJJyuyHA9kTYBHF9PxSJiJQwtpoJoy6jBakPfGThUyHVFu9PRW4LAUCv].” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Yiyun Li reads her story “Any Human Heart, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/23/any-human-heart-fiction-yiyun-li]” from the June 23, 2025, issue of the magazine. Li is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novels “Must I Go [https://www.amazon.com/Must-Go-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/0399589120]” and “The Book of Goose [https://www.amazon.com/Book-Goose-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/1250872413],” and the story collection “Wednesday’s Child [https://www.amazon.com/Wednesdays-Child-Stories-Yiyun-Li/dp/1250338387/],” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2024. A new nonfiction book, “Things in Nature Merely Grow [https://www.amazon.com/Things-Nature-Merely-Grow-Yiyun/dp/0374617317],” was published in May. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Jim Shepard reads his story “The Queen of Bad Influences [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/the-queen-of-bad-influences-fiction-jim-shepard],” from the June 16, 2025, issue of the magazine. Shepard, a winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, is the author of thirteen books of fiction, including the novels “The Book of Aron [https://www.amazon.com/Book-Aron-novel-Jim-Shepard/dp/1101874317]” and “Phase Six [https://www.amazon.com/Phase-Six-novel-Jim-Shepard/dp/052565545X]” and the story collection “The World to Come [https://www.amazon.com/World-Come-Stories-Jim-Shepard/dp/1524731803].” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]