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Fiction & Poetry

Fiction

“Pulse”

He felt a pure, infantile fear. The smell of pencils. The cold metal smell of the ladder. There was a static crackle above him. And it froze his blood.
Fiction

“Late Love”

The wife had to wonder if the marriage had been a mistake.
Fiction

“Finistère”

A man travelling alone in his morbid fifties does not talk to a girl in her teens without family or guardian in sight, especially not in this black romantic mood.
Fiction

“Bozo”

I wanted to invite him to my place, to ask when his shift was over. But he probably got questions like that every night.
Fiction

“Allah Have Mercy”

I was aware that my daring escape had made Uncle look like a fool, and I knew that from that evening on I would be in the crosshairs of his vengeance.

This Week in Fiction

New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.

This Week in Fiction

Cynan Jones on Nature and Nonlinear Love

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

Joyce Carol Oates on Life as a Mystery

The author discusses her story “Late Love.”
This Week in Fiction

Kevin Barry on Boats and Doomed Romances

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

Souvankham Thammavongsa on Adoration

The author discusses her story “Bozo.”

The Writer’s Voice

Writers read their stories from the magazine.

The Writer’s Voice

Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”

The author reads his story from the May 6, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”

The author reads her story from the April 22 & 29, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”

The author reads his story from the April 15, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”

The author reads her story from the April 8, 2024, issue of the magazine.

The Fiction Podcast

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

Fiction Podcast

David Bezmozgis Reads Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Likes,” which was published in a 2017 issue of The New Yorker.
Fiction Podcast

Greg Jackson Reads Jennifer Egan

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Safari,” which was published in a 2010 issue of The New Yorker.
Fiction Podcast

Sterling HolyWhiteMountain Reads Roberto Bolaño

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “Labyrinth,” which was published in a 2012 issue of The New Yorker.
Fiction Podcast

Rivka Galchen Reads Aleksandar Hemon

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “The Bees, Part 1,” which was published in a 2002 issue of The New Yorker.

Flash Fiction

A series of very short stories. Read them all »

Flash Fiction

“My Cheesecake-Shaped Poverty”

We picked this place to live in for one simple reason: it was dirt cheap.
Flash Fiction

“The Preparatory School”

I would go in terrified and feel calm again only once I was at least two blocks away.
Flash Fiction

“Blue Island”

His advice for getting back with a girl you couldn’t forget was to call her out of the blue.
Flash Fiction

“Wolves”

They said we had too much white blood, we were not dark enough.

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

“Laundry”

“Who can watch a child and not feel fear / like static in the background or a tinnitus you try to ignore.”
Poems

“Second Nature”

“I lived / An invisible life.”
Poems

“Vision”

“All that had been severed / was married back to itself.”
Poems

“Hyacinth”

“I don’t know if my father forgave the years / I did not love him.”

The Poetry Podcast

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

Poetry Podcast

José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “World of the future, we thirsted,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, and his own poem “Tender.”
Poetry Podcast

Ada Limón Reads Carrie Fountain

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “You Belong to the World,” by Carrie Fountain, and her own poem “Hell or High Water.”
Poetry Podcast

Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “One Hundred White-Sided Dolphins on a Summer Day,” by Mary Oliver, and her own poem “Sixteen Center.”
Poetry Podcast

Richie Hofmann Reads Henri Cole

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Twilight,” by Henri Cole, and his own poem “French Novel.”

More Fiction & Poetry

Poems

“Stitch”

“There’s nothing so lovely / as a prolonged vanishing.”
Poems

“Love Song, with Removed Cyst”

“He lies on his side, I lie on my back, / he keeps the hand elevated / on my breast.”
Poems

“Today, My Hope Is Vertical”

“Tomorrow it will be horizontal.”
Poems

“Death”

“I wondered why she flashed, / had I made a mistake.”
The Writer’s Voice

Mohammed Naseehu Ali Reads “Allah Have Mercy”

The author reads his story from the April 1, 2024, issue of the magazine.
Poems

“The Hymn”

“It began as an almost inaudible hum.”
Poems

“To You”

“I know grief and you may know it too.”
Poems

“Edward Hopper (Yellow and Red)”

“The windows inflect an ethic of the watched, / the overseen, the secretive.”
The Writer’s Voice

Zach Williams Reads “Neighbors”

The author reads his story from the March 25, 2024, issue of the magazine.
Poems

“Untitled”

“And a day goes by, and tanks, and the sky a festival of kids flying kites, and blood / flowed behind a panting car.”