The New Yorker Fiction Forum

Click here to see what's happening in the fiction of each issue of The New Yorker.

Last Five Stories:

2010 Book Award Schedule

  • National Book Critics Circle Award
    • Winner: Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
  • PEN/Faulkner Award
    • Winner: March 23
  • Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
    • Winner: March 28
  • Pulitzer Prize
    • Winner: April
  • Orange Prize
    • Shortlist: April 20
    • Winner: June 9
  • Man Booker Prize
    • Late July
    • Early September
    • Winner: October 12
  • Nobel Prize in Literature
    • Winner: October
  • Giller Prize
    • Longlist: September
    • Shortlist: October 5
    • Winner: November 9
  • National Book Award
    • Finalists: October
    • Winner: November

2009 Book Award Schedule

  • National Book Critics Circle Award
    • Winner: Roberto Bolano's 2666
  • Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
    • Winner: Michael Dahlie's A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living
  • PEN/Faulkner Award
  • Orange Prize
    • Winner: Marilynne Robinson's Home
  • Man Booker Prize
    • Winner: Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
  • Nobel Prize in Literature
    • Winner: Herta Müller
  • National Book Award
    • Winner: Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin

The New Yorker Fiction Forum

In 2009 I made it a goal to read all of the short fiction published in The New Yorker that year.  Not only that, I made it a goal to write a brief summation of the story and of my verdict, posted here.  It was a great exercise, but one thing was missing — your comments.  Posting a slew of reviews at once had a nice effect, but it doesn’t necessarily give way for much discussion on any individual piece. 

KevinfromCanada had the great idea of creating a forum to discuss the fiction pieces throughout the year.  Well, here it is.  During the year (hopefully as closely to each week as I can) I will create forums wherein we can discuss the fiction as it is published. 

Click the links below to go to that short-fiction piece’s discussion forum where you will also find a link to the story on The New Yorker website.

March 22, 2010: Junot Díaz — “The Pura Principle”
March 15, 2010: David Means — “The Knocking”
March 8, 2010: Jennifer Egan — “Ask Me If I Care”
March 1, 2010: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh — “Appetite”
February 15 & 22, 2010: Claire Keegan — “Foster”
February 8, 2010: Roberto Bolaño — “William Burns”
February 1, 2010: Kevin Barry — “Fjord of Killary”
January 25, 2010: E.O. Wilson — “Trailhead”
January 18, 2010: T. Coraghessan Boyle — “A Death in Kitchawank”
January 11, 2010: Jennifer Egan — “Safari”
January 4, 2010: Uwem Akpan — “Baptizing the Gun”

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