I recently listened to three terrific episodes of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast, each story very different from the next. Host Deborah Treisman ends up asking almost exactly the same questions in every episode, which gives the show an even perspective episode to episode.
Click on the links below to listen:
Thomas McGuane's "Cowboy"
There's something very funny about hearing Sam Lipsyte read in a cowboy dialect. He tries hard but he enunciates too perfectly, it sounds too correct to be real. To be fair, I'm not sure who could read this story aloud without sounding stilted.
Roberto Bolaño's "Gómez Palacio"
So mysterious to me, hope to read more of his stories.
John Cheever's "The Swimmer"
Anne Enright's reading brings so much to this story. Perfect for a hot day.
PHOTO: LEE COURSEY
