The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh reads his story “Process of Elimination,” from the May 4, 2026, issue of the magazine. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of several plays, a memoir, and the story collections “Brief Encounters with the Enemy” and “American Estrangement,” which was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize.

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Thomas McGuane reads his story “Ordinary Wear and Tear,” from the April 27, 2026, issue of the magazine. McGuane has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including the story collections “Gallatin Canyon,” “Crow Fair,” and “A Wooded Shore,” which came out in 2025.

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Douglas Stuart reads his story “A Private View,” from the April 20, 2026, issue of the magazine. Stuart has published two novels, “Shuggie Bain,” which won the Booker Prize in 2020, and “Young Mungo,” released in 2022. His new novel, “John of John,” will be published in May.

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Catherine Lacey reads her story “Rate Your Happiness,” from the April 13, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lacey is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “Pew” and “Biography of X,” both of which were short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2021 and 2024, respectively. Her memoir and novella, “The Möbius Book,” was published in 2025.

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Cassandra Neyenesch reads her story “Enough for Now,” from the April 6, 2026, issue of the magazine. Neyenesch is a Brooklyn-based writer and curator, who has published nonfiction in the Guardian, Public Books, and Art in America, among other places. Her début novel, “A Little Bit Bad,” will be published in May.

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