Fiction & Poetry
Fiction
“Attila”
“I’ll do anything,” Molly told Martha, “anything that doesn’t involve actually interacting with Mom.”
By Nell Freudenberger
Fiction
“Abject Naturalism”
The baby’s father left before the Cesarean incision had fully healed, when it was still a raised red line, tender to the touch.
By Sarah Braunstein
Fiction
“Freedom to Move”
“Is our boy full?” Ketevan asked. “Grandfather’s diet is very strict. No dessert, no bread. Meat to feed a bird. But our boy loves to eat. Let him enjoy himself.”
By Ayşegül Savaş
Fiction
“Opening Theory”
Looking over at her, he starts to smile again—revising, she thinks, the presumption of failure.
By Sally Rooney
Flash Fiction
A series of very short stories. Read them all »
Flash Fiction
“Lucy’s Boyfriend”
You could be involved in other people’s wanting, whether you knew it or not.
By Anne Enright
Flash Fiction
“The Boy at War and at Home”
His toy cars are out of gas, creating chaos at the checkpoint, but the plastic horses can still get through.
By Beth Bachmann
Flash Fiction
“Damages”
Tug too hard on a little footsy, and you wind up with a footsy in hand and a baby in tears.
By Irene Pujadas
Flash Fiction
“A Children’s Story”
“I want a happy ending,” the mother says, folding up the story and setting it on her nightstand. “You don’t know how to write happy.”
By Weike Wang
This Week in Fiction
New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.
This Week in Fiction
Caleb Crain on Whether Violence Always Wins
The author discusses his story “Clay.”
By Willing Davidson
This Week in Fiction
Nell Freudenberger on Reckoning with a Family Dynamic
The author discusses her story “Attila.”
By Deborah Treisman
This Week in Fiction
Sarah Braunstein on How Much Comfort Is Enough
The author discusses her story “Abject Naturalism.”
By Willing Davidson
This Week in Fiction
Ayşegül Savaş on Individuality, Agency, and Ideas of Home
The author discusses her story “Freedom to Move.”
By Cressida Leyshon
The Writer’s Voice
Writers read their stories from the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Caleb Crain Reads “Clay”
The author reads his story from the August 12, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Nell Freudenberger Reads “Attila”
The author reads her story from the August 5, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Sarah Braunstein Reads “Abject Naturalism”
The author reads her story from the July 29, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Freedom to Move”
The author reads her story from the July 22, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Fiction Podcast
A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
Fiction Podcast
David Sedaris Reads George Saunders
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Love Letter,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2020.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Every Night for a Thousand Years,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
André Alexis Reads Alice Munro
The author joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro. He reads and discusses “Before the Change,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1998.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
Rachel Cusk Reads Marguerite Duras
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the stories “The Bible” and “The Stolen Pigeons,” which were published in The New Yorker in 2006 and 2007.
With Deborah Treisman
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.
By Bryan Washington
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.”
By Joyce Carol Oates
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.”
By Daniyal Mueenuddin
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.”
By Lauren Groff
Poetry
Poems
“Mr. Cogito and Certain Mechanisms of Memory”
“Suddenly it seems there is nothing more fragile than a landscape”
By Zbigniew Herbert
Poems
“This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Wireless Warning System”
“We’ve all walked into the bar / of a joke we’ll never get.”
By Dobby Gibson
Poems
“Sighting”
“If anything could have brought you home / it would have been that swank, outlandish car.”
By Jacqueline Osherow
The Poetry Podcast
Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.
Poetry Podcast
Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation of “Testimonies,” by Amelina, and Clare Cavanaugh’s translation of “Map,” by Szymborska.
With Kevin Young
Poetry Podcast
Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’ ” and his own poem “Signs, Music.”
With Kevin Young
Poetry Podcast
Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Via Negativa,” by Charles Wright, and her own poem “Late Shift.”
With 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.”
With Kevin Young
More Fiction & Poetry
Poems
“Dead Reckoning”
“We are driving the Middle West, lost / as Oklahoma or Kansas slowly spins / into darkness.”
By Anthony Walton
Poems
“Port of Havana”
“in the distance / a boat heads off to carve / into the navel of the sky”
By Nancy Morejón
Poems
“Wallpaper Poem”
“If to dust we return / And we do / Why spend a minute / Choosing wallpaper.”
By Phillis Levin
Fiction
“The Drummer Boy on Independence Day”
An indispensable part of the ceremony, of course, was the Civil War veteran, and at the time I’m telling about we still had one—a Confederate, naturally.
By E. L. Doctorow
The Writer’s Voice
Sally Rooney Reads “Opening Theory”
The author reads her story from the July 8 & 15, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction
“Kaho”
He may have been patiently waiting, for the longest time, for me to show up in front of him, she thought. Like an enormous spider waiting for its prey in the dark.
By Haruki Murakami
The Writer’s Voice
Annie Proulx Reads “The Hadal Zone”
The author reads her story from the July 8 & 15, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman