Sam Lipsyte Reads “The Naturals”

On a special, archival episode, the author reads his story from the May 5, 2014, issue of the magazine.
A portrait of Sam Lipsyte in a collage.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Ceridwen Morris

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On a special, archival episode, Sam Lipsyte reads his story “The Naturals,” from the May 5, 2014, issue of the magazine. Lipsyte teaches writing at Columbia University. He is the author of several books of fiction, including the story collection “The Fun Parts,” and the novels “The Ask” and “No One Left to Come Looking for You,” which was published in 2022.