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Fiction

“My Camp”

You’re my famous cousin, the guy who wrote the book. Their little Jewish writer guy—they’ll trust you.
Fiction

“Hi Daddy”

He was the kind of father they had back then, and maybe I was the kind we had now.
Fiction

“Stories About Us”

Bridget said, “This is not the ‘why’ that expects a ‘because.’ It’s the ‘Why, how curious,’ with an exclamation mark!”
Fiction

“Ambrose”

Lily is not upset. She just wants to live in a castle or a secret cottage in the woods. She is writing a novel about a girl named Ambrose who becomes a swan at night.
Fiction

“Autobahn”

When a car pulled up, it felt like a bright moment of luck, but then the driver got out and pointed a gun at me.

Flash Fiction

A series of very short stories. Read them all »

Flash Fiction

“Happy New Year”

A long time ago, lots and lots of people lived on this island. Now there are only a few of us.
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?

This Week in Fiction

New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.

This Week in Fiction

Joshua Cohen on Absorbing and Assimilating Events

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

Matthew Klam on Fatherhood, Horses, and Leaps Into the Unknown

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

Lore Segal on Phone Calls, Proust, and the Poet Theodor Kramer

The author discusses her story “Stories About Us.”
This Week in Fiction

Allegra Goodman on Fairy Tales and the Old Days

The author discusses her story “Ambrose.”

The Writer’s Voice

Writers read their stories from the magazine.

The Writer’s Voice

Joshua Cohen Reads “My Camp”

The author reads his story from the October 21st, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Matthew Klam Reads “Hi Daddy”

The author reads his story from the October 14, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Allegra Goodman Reads “Ambrose”

The author reads her story from the September 30, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Hugo Hamilton Reads “Autobahn”

The author reads his story from the September 23, 2024, issue of the magazine.

The Fiction Podcast

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

Fiction Podcast

Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999.
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.

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

“Blue Muse of the Unborn Mind”

“In the darkest hour, stars are falling over water / And nothing sentient feels it / Except the mirror of the lake.”
Poems

“Mother”

“Mother I searched for you / For seven nights / And could not find you.”
Poems

“The Baltic Seas”

Robin Robertson’s new translation of a modern epic—first published, in Swedish, fifty years ago—traverses the shifting borders and legacies of a world at war.
Poems

“A Dream Dreamt by Fernando Pessoa in Which I Play the Role of Fernando Pessoa”

“Even here I can’t stop arguing with myself.”

The Poetry Podcast

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

Poetry Podcast

Amber Tamblyn Reads Didi Jackson

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Dahlias,” by Didi Jackson, and her poem “This Living.”
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.”

More Fiction & Poetry

Poems

“Gloria Patri”

“Glory be to god for septic tanks, drainage pipes: / for conversions thermodynamic and of the soul.”
Poems

“Under the Rubble”

“In Jabalia camp, a mother collects her daughter’s / flesh in a piggy bank, / hoping to buy her a plot / on a river in a faraway land.”
Poems

“I Nearly Died from the Socratic Method”

“Unbeknownst, I picked a pretty / hemlock bouquet.”
Poems

“Old Movies”

“Did it ever matter? Did Maurice Chevalier / Collaborate with Nazis, or not?”
Poems

“I refuse to be intimidated by time”

“I’m not sure what qualifies as sacred // when I am profane, or, rather, historical.”
Poems

“For Better or Worse”

“If New York has taught me anything / it’s indifference.”
Poems

“Outage”

“He was already gone, already weather, already / language my mother needed / for the coroner.”
Poems

“I Have No Word in English For”

“Apachurrado. Hat run over by a truck. Heart run over by unrequited love.”
The Writer’s Voice

Bryan Washington Reads “Last Coffeehouse on Travis”

The author reads his story from the September 16, 2024, issue of the magazine.
Fiction

“Last Coffeehouse on Travis”

I was too broke to pay her rent, so every morning saw me behind the counter of her coffee shop.