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Fiction

“Travesty”

No thought was so devastating to Prima as the thought that she was ascribing wisdom and seriousness to something that would turn out to be stupid.
Fiction

“Nocturnal Creatures”

This is the way infestations work: first gradually and then all at once. He will never be able to eradicate. He can only hope to contain.
Fiction

“Tortoiseshell”

The most elaborate—and the most fragile—lie I’ve ever come up with is me.
Fiction

“Jenny Annie Fanny Addie”

“Terminator 2” was a good choice. Throughout the whole movie I forgot about the groping.
Fiction

“From, To”

How little it takes for people to feel “unsafe”—that glib euphemistic construction. The opposite of safe is not unsafe, as the opposite of love is not unlove.

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

Lillian Fishman on Sexual Politics and Wanting to Grow Up

The author discusses her story, “Travesty.”
This Week in Fiction

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Cockroaches and Commitment

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

Domenico Starnone on Lies and Storytelling

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

Adam Levin on How to Exacerbate Trauma

The author on his story “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie.”

The Writer’s Voice

Writers read their stories from the magazine.

The Writer’s Voice

Lillian Fishman Reads “Travesty”

The author reads her story from the May 12 & 19, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Nocturnal Creatures”

The author reads his story from the May 5, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Adam Levin Reads “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie”

The author reads his story from the April 21, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

David Bezmozgis Reads “From, To”

The author reads his story from the April 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.

The Fiction Podcast

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

Fiction Podcast

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner's Wives,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1995.
Fiction Podcast

David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2021.
Fiction Podcast

Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Necklace,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1958.
Fiction Podcast

Anne Enright Reads John McGahern

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1977.

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

“What Happened to New York”

“On the table in my room, cigarettes, knife, notebook, 7 P.M. I sit down to write so my head don’t blow up.”
Poems

“her disquietude absorbed.”

“By an attendant memory she is walking / alongside the child on his cycle.”
Poems

“Fugue”

“He has enough in his I.R.A. to fly first class to / Byzantium.”
Poems

“Henry’s Ode”

“Ladderless. Here it is again.”

The Poetry Podcast

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

Poetry Podcast

David St. John Reads Larry Levis

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.”
Poetry Podcast

Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.”
Poetry Podcast

Jericho Brown Reads Elizabeth Alexander

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.”
Poetry Podcast

Kevin Young and Deborah Garrison Discuss “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker”

The poets talk about “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker.”

More Fiction & Poetry

Poems

“Madrigal”

“Minnesota, I hardly know you anymore.”
Poems

“Beforetimes”

“And there were pieces / of love but it wasn’t love—it was the right / thing for the moment.”
Poems

“Fireflies”

“The new air is empty, and who knew / we’d miss even what afflicted us?”
Poems

“Midnight Nest”

“Instead of parts / of a world, I carry worlds within this world.”
Poems

“Cirrus”

“ ‘I don’t have time,’ I told / myself, ‘To kill myself: I have / to write a paper on Rimbaud.’ ”
Poems

“What I Meant to Say Was”

“Let the house burn again; / Already I outlive the New World.”
Poems

“Refusal”

“Acclaim / Nature’s hues / in fall and spring.”
Poems

“Day One”

“Been a long while now coming up / Thought we were past it, thought we’d patched it up.”
Fiction

“Marseille”

Alba stretched her arms dramatically. “I mean, I guess it would be fun to have an amoureux in Marseille. Handy for holidays.”
The Writer’s Voice

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Marseille”

The author reads her story from the April 7, 2025, issue of the magazine.