Nell Zink Reads "The Welfare State"

Nell Zink reads her story “The Welfare State,” from the December 29, 2025 & January 5, 2026, issue of the magazine. Zink is the author of seven novels, including “Doxology,” “Avalon,” and “Sister Europe,” which was published last year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Andrew Martin reads his story “Risk, Discipline,” from the December 22, 2025, issue of the magazine. Martin is the author of the novel “Early Work,” and the story collection “Cool for America.” His new novel, “Down Time,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in March. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Camille Bordas reads her story “Understanding the Science,” from the December 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. Bordas is the author of four novels, including “How to Behave in a Crowd” and “The Material.” Her first story collection, “One Sun Only,” will be published in January.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Joan Silber reads her story “Safety,” from the December 8, 2025, issue of the magazine. A winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, Silber is the author of nine books of fiction, the most recent of which are the novels “Mercy” and “Secrets of Happiness.”  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Daniyal Mueenuddin reads his story “The Golden Boy” from the December 1, 2025, issue of the magazine. Mueenuddin is the author of the story collection “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” which was published in 2009 and won both the Story Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His first novel, “This is Where the Serpent Lives,” from which this story was adapted, will be published in January.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Madhuri Vijay reads her story “Lara’s Theme,” from the November 24, 2025, issue of the magazine. Vijay is the author of the novel “The Far Field,” which won India’s J.C.B. Prize for Literature in 2019. She is at work on her second novel. Please help us improve New Yorker podcasts by filling out our listener survey: https://panel2058.na2.panelpulse.com/c/a/661hs4tSRdw2yB2dvjFyyw  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Paul Yoon reads his story “The New Coast,” from the November 17, 2025, issue of the magazine. Yoon is the author of five books of fiction, including the novels “Run Me to Earth” and “Snow Hunters,” which won the 2014 New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, and the story collection “The Hive and the Honey,” which was published in 2023.Please help us improve New Yorker podcasts by filling out our listener survey: https://panel2058.na2.panelpulse.com/c/a/661hs4tSRdw2yB2dvjFyyw Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lauren Groff reads her story “Mother of Men” from the November 10, 2025, issue of the magazine. Groff’s work of fiction include the novels “Fates and Furies” and “Matrix,” both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, and “The Vaster Wilds,” which was published in 2023. A new story collection, “Brawler,” will come out in February of 2026. In 2024, she opened the bookstore The Lynx in Gainesville, Florida.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nathan Blum reads his story “Outcomes” from the November 3, 2025, issue of the magazine. Blum received his M.F.A. from Vanderbilt University, where he taught creative writing. He is currently working on a collection of stories and a novel.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sam Lipsyte reads his story “Final Boy” from the October 27, 2025, issue of the magazine. Lipsyte is the author of eight books of fiction, including the story collection “The Fun Parts,” and the novels “The Ask” and “No One Left to Come Looking For You.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices