New Yorker Fiction

From the New Yorker Fiction Department.

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"Inoue’s literature almost invariably focusses on the smallest, tenderest, and perhaps most beautifully confusing of human actions": translator J. Martin Homan on the story by Yasushi Inoue in this week's issue. https://t.co/NReZw884Z1

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This week's story is "The Death of a Certain Woman" by Yasushi Inoue, translated, from the Japanese, by J. Martin Holman. https://t.co/08s1M24414

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"More and more of late I’ve found myself drawn to characters who can’t stop making mistakes. It’s challenging, but it’s also incredibly fun to refrain from protecting your characters and let them just flounder": Téa Obreht on this week's story. https://t.co/qVWfrvjmOJ

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"Every child in the village knew about Omitsu and had learned the unfamiliar word 'mistress' ": a story by Yasushi Inoue (translated, from the Japanese, by J. Martin Holman) in next week's New Yorker.

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On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, Téa Obreht reads her story "Family Lore," from the November 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/lXklw7Xioh

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On the November episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast, Catherine Lacey reads and discusses "Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People" by Lorrie Moore. https://t.co/cqZ5O5YPKw

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This week's story is "Family Lore" by Téa Obreht. https://t.co/VJPW6dOfPu

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"My stories come across as really simple and tiny. Breathe and the story is over already. Blink and it’s done. There are all these gears turning underneath the story that make it tick": Souvankham Thammavongsa on this week's story. https://t.co/AXAz8rIxk5

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On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story "Wall Cano," from the November 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/xohtjKqkVL

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This week's story is "Wall Cano" by Souvankham Thammavongsa. https://t.co/9dbfhVx5Dc

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"Any man Mom talked to, our dad said, was a man trying to steal her. So it was our job to watch out for these men and make sure they didn’t come near our mom": a story by Souvankham Thammavongsa in next week's New Yorker.

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On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, George Saunders reads his story "Appeasement, Ohio," from the October 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/u3UgRHuQxq

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This week's story is "Appeasement, Ohio" by George Saunders. https://t.co/OaHzB6qWot

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"Sometimes a person has to be bold and trust that the person he’s being bold to will rise to the occasion": a new story by George Saunders online tomorrow and in next week's issue of The New Yorker.

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"A dude of a certain age walked past me in full Hells Angels-type leather regalia, but then I saw that his T-shirt read “Sons of Arthritis—Ibuprofen Chapter,” and at once I offered up my thanks to the short-story gods": Kevin Barry on this week's story. https://t.co/qYls0ztNzQ

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"The past, as a landscape, can be surveyed and mapped. The past, if it is a foreign country, can be visited after crossing a border. Not “now.” “Now” is neither a homeland nor a foreign country": Yiyun Li on writing a novel set in the past. https://t.co/zzPKnnvp8i

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On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, Kevin Barry reads his story "Chuck Murphy's Last Run," from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/OqtD4YBUMB

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This week's story is "Chuck Murphy's Last Run" by Kevin Barry. https://t.co/1AVoUDyG6L

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"Oh, I tell you now we were six proud and memorious old men as we rode our gleaming Harleys across the midland plain. . . . Our needles were tipping the dials at a steady five kilometres per hour below the speed limit": a story by Kevin Barry in next week's New Yorker.

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Listen to Teju Cole read and discuss Anne Carson's story "1=1," from 2016, on the New Yorker Fiction Podcast. https://t.co/u9vNxtIbKT