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2020 New Yorker Fiction

Allegra Goodman: “A Challenge You Have Overcome”

January 18, 2021 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “A Challenge You Have to Overcome.”

Categories Allegra Goodman, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 1 Comment

Mariana Enríquez: “Our Lady of the Quarry”

December 14, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is “Our Lady of the Quarry,” by Mariana Enríquez and translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

Categories Mariana Enríquez, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 6 Comments

John Edgar Wideman: “Rwanda”

December 7, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is John Edgar Wideman’s “Rwanda.”

Categories John Edgar Wideman, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 4 Comments

Paul Theroux: “Dietrologia”

December 2, 2020November 30, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Paul Theroux’s “Dietrologia.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Paul Theroux Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 3 Comments

Patricia Lockwood: “The Winged Thing”

November 23, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Patricia Lockwood’s “The Winged Thing.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Patricia Lockwood Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 9 Comments

Salman Rushdie: “The Old Man in the Piazza”

November 18, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s story is Salman Rushdie’s “The Old Man in the Piazza.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Salman Rushdie Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 11 Comments

Rebecca Curtis: “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit”

November 12, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit,” by Rebecca Curtis.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Rebecca Curtis Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 35 Comments

George Saunders: “Ghoul”

November 2, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is “Ghoul,” by George Saunders.

Categories George Saunders, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 9 Comments

Curtis Sittenfeld: “A for Alone”

October 26, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is, fittingly, from Curtis Sittenfeld. “A for Alone” is a political story inspired by Mike Pence.

Categories Curtis Sittenfeld, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 8 Comments

Joy Williams: “Nettle”

October 19, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Joy Williams’s “Nettle.”

Categories Joy Williams, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 25 Comments
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