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Fiction & Poetry

Fiction

“Greensleeves”

Was he surprised that she followed him? Probably not.
Fiction

“The Particles of Order”

If a person’s imagination, kind or wicked, was boundless, sooner or later what was imagined could become a fact.
Fiction

“The Narayans”

There were so few Indians in Edison, New Jersey, in those days; we felt that each of us reflected well or badly on the others.
Fiction

“Clay”

He was pointing something at her. A gun. Her gun?
Fiction

“Attila”

“I’ll do anything,” Molly told Martha, “anything that doesn’t involve actually interacting with Mom.”

Flash Fiction

A series of very short stories. Read them all »

Flash Fiction

“The Third Premier”

He must be forever changed, we thought, entire fields of joy no longer his, every lovely thing tainted.
Flash Fiction

“The Books of Losing You”

I visited your room once to bring the book back but all we did was talk—you in shorts and me using your dumbbells. Was there a chance that night?
Flash Fiction

“The Door Between Us”

Again, I pressed my ear against the wall, but I heard nothing. Why couldn’t I have said something to her?
Flash Fiction

“The Penthouse”

We were lying on their bed. We were trying to be still and not ruin anything else. Soon we might even fall into sleep, our least disruptive state of being.

This Week in Fiction

New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.

This Week in Fiction

Sigrid Nunez on Beginning with Ambiguity

The author discusses her story “Greensleeves.”
This Week in Fiction

Yiyun Li on Writing from the Height or from the Depth of Experience

The author discusses her story “The Particles of Order.”
This Week in Fiction

Akhil Sharma on Growing Up in an Indian Immigrant Community

The author discusses his story “The Narayans.”
This Week in Fiction

Caleb Crain on Whether Violence Always Wins

The author discusses his story “Clay.”

The Writer’s Voice

Writers read their stories from the magazine.

The Writer’s Voice

Sigrid Nunez Reads “Greensleeves”

The author reads her story from the September 9, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Yiyun Li Reads “The Particles of Order”

The author reads her story from the September 2, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”

The author reads his story from the August 26, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Sam Lipsyte Reads “The Naturals”

On a special, archival episode, the author reads his story from the May 5, 2014, issue of the magazine.

The Fiction Podcast

A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.

Fiction Podcast

Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2005.
Fiction Podcast

David Sedaris Reads George Saunders

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Love Letter,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2020.
Fiction Podcast

Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Every Night for a Thousand Years,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997.
Fiction Podcast

André Alexis Reads Alice Munro

The author joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro. He reads and discusses “Before the Change,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1998.

The New Yorker Novella

Long-form fiction. Read them all »

Novellas

“Server”

It was empty when I logged in. I’d been off it since Vic died, four years ago.
Novellas

“The Bicycle Accident”

“Of course, Arlette understood, this was not a tragedy. Tragedy would be a broken neck or spine. Paralysis for life. A coma.”
Novellas

“Muscle”

“It’s time to turn up the heat a little bit more. My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.”
Novellas

“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?”

“He got out of the car, closing his door quietly, and crept through the woods toward the brick house.”

Poetry

Poems

“A Sunset”

“Play, beauty, the impulse to reproduce it, / The impulse to evoke and bring to rage / And then to stillness the violence / In our natures.”
Poems

“The Dahlias”

“At every new cycle, I miss the one / now gone.”
Poems

“Poem Never to Be Read Aloud”

“No words can tell us how to live, but to live is to reach / for them anyway.”
Poems

“Sugar”

“What was the name of that / bar was it really the Sugar / Club is it still there”

The Poetry Podcast

Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.

Poetry Podcast

Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation of “Testimonies,” by Amelina, and Clare Cavanaugh’s translation of “Map,” by Szymborska.
Poetry Podcast

Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’ ” and his own poem “Signs, Music.”
Poetry Podcast

Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Via Negativa,” by Charles Wright, and her own poem “Late Shift.”
Poetry Podcast

José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “World of the future, we thirsted,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, and his own poem “Tender.”

More Fiction & Poetry

Poems

“While It’s Happening”

“Dear summer, increase my heat. / Dear summer, another pastis.”
Poems

“On Emptiness”

“If only I could stand the infinite measures, wait long enough, / and not waste their buoyant resolve.”
Poems

“Italian Lesson”

“the seasons change le stagioni cambiano”
Poems

“Mr. Cogito and Certain Mechanisms of Memory”

“Suddenly it seems there is nothing more fragile than a landscape”
The Writer’s Voice

Caleb Crain Reads “Clay”

The author reads his story from the August 12, 2024, issue of the magazine.
Flash Fiction

“Lucy’s Boyfriend”

You could be involved in other people’s wanting, whether you knew it or not.
Poems

“Sighting”

“If anything could have brought you home / it would have been that swank, outlandish car.”
Poems

“This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Wireless Warning System”

“We’ve all walked into the bar / of a joke we’ll never get.”
The Writer’s Voice

Nell Freudenberger Reads “Attila”

The author reads her story from the August 5, 2024, issue of the magazine.
Flash Fiction

“The Boy at War and at Home”

His toy cars are out of gas, creating chaos at the checkpoint, but the plastic horses can still get through.