Mary Gaitskill: “Acceptance Journey”
This week’s New Yorker story — the last of 2018 — is Mary Gaitskill’s “Acceptance Journey.”
2018 New Yorker Fiction
Linn Ullmann: “Time for the Eyes to Adjust”
This week’s New Yorker story is Linn Ullmann’s “Time for the Eyes to Adjust,” translated from the Norwegian by Thilo Reinhard. Where I was expecting something independent of her famous parents, what we get here is a deep exploration of the author’s life as the daughter of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann.
Jean Stafford: “Children Are Bored on Sunday”
This week The New Yorker published two stories from their archive as part of their “Holliday Reading” issue. Here we have Jean Stafford’s “Children Are Bored on Sunday,” which was originally published in the February 21, 1948 issue of the magazine.
John Updike: “Snowing in Greenwich Village”
This week The New Yorker published two stories from their archive as part of their “Holliday Reading” issue. Here we have John Updike’s “Snowing in Greenwich Village,” which was originally published in the January 21, 1956 issue of the magazine.
Garth Greenwell: “The Frog King”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Garth Greenwell’s “The Frog King.”
Sam Lipsyte: “Show Recent Some Love”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sam Lipsyte’s “Show Recent Some Love.”
Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Cattle Praise Song,” translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner.
Bryan Washington: “Waugh”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Waugh,” by Bryan Washington, a new author with his first book, a collection of stories entitled Lot, coming in March 2019.