On a special, archival New Year’s episode, Greg Jackson reads his story “Wagner in the Desert,” from the July 21, 2014, issue of the magazine, in which a group of old friends convene in Palm Springs, California, for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Jackson, a winner of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award, is the author of the story collection “Prodigals” and the novel “The Dimensions of a Cave,” which was published in October, 2023.
Cynan Jones Reads “Pulse”
Joyce Carol Oates Reads “Late Love”
Kevin Barry Reads “Finistère”
Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Bozo”
Mohammed Naseehu Ali Reads “Allah Have Mercy”
Zach Williams Reads “Neighbors”
Joseph O’Neill Reads “The Time Being”
Fiona McFarlane Reads “Hostel”
Thomas Korsgaard Reads “The Spit of Him”
Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “On the Night of the Khatam”
Addie Citchens Reads “That Girl”
Patrick Langley Reads “Life with Spider”
David Means Reads “Chance the Cat”
Joy Williams Reads “The Beach House”
Rivka Galchen Reads “Crown Heights North”
Caleb Crain Reads “Keats at Twenty-Four”
Teju Cole Reads “Incoming”
Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa
Sheila Heti Reads “According to Alice”
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