Louise Erdrich joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” by Karen Russell, which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. Erdrich's novels include “The Round House,” which won the National Book Award in 2012, and “The Night Watchman,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2021. She will publish a new novel, “The Mighty Red,” this fall.
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This is the New Yorker fiction podcast from the New Yorker magazine.
I'm Deborah Treisman, fiction editor at the New Yorker.
Each month we invite a writer to choose a story from the magazine's archives to read and discuss.
This month we're going to hear haunting Olivia by Karen Russell, which appeared in the New Yorker in June of 2005.
The diabolical goggles were designed for little girls.
They are pink with a floral snorkel attached to the side.
They have scratch proof lenses and an adjustable band wallow says that we are going to use them to find our dead sister, Olivia.
The story was chosen by Louise Erdrich, who has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including the novels the Roundhouse Rose and the Night Watchman, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2021.
A new novel, the Mighty Red, is coming out in October.
Hi, Louise.
Hello.
How are you?