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

Weike Wang reads “The Dreamdrive,” from the May 25, 2026, issue of the magazine. Wang was chosen for the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” list in 2017, and has published three novels, “Chemistry,” which won the PEN/Hemingway Award, “Joan Is Okay,” and “Rental House.”

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Chang-rae Lee reads his story “Standings,” from the May 11 & 18, 2026, issue of the magazine. Lee is the author of six novels, including “Native Speaker,” “The Surrendered,” which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2011, and “My Year Abroad.” His new novel, “A Tender Age,” will be published in August.

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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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