2024-04-01
1 小时 8 分钟David Bezmozgis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Bezmozgis is a filmmaker and writer. He has published two story collections and two novels, “The Free World,” which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize, and “The Betrayers,” which won the National Jewish Book Award. He was also chosen as one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 in 2010.
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 likes by Sarah Swan Yen Vinam, which appeared in the New Yorker in October of 2017.
Even to his own ears, he sounded sorry for himself.
But his daughter, good for her, was not thinking about him or his feelings.
She stared at the elevator doors.
Youre making me feel like I talked too much, she whispered furiously, deep in her own embarrassment.
The story was chosen by David Wismoskas, who is the author of two novels and two story collections, Natasha and other Stories, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book and Immigrant City, which was a finalist for the Giller Prize in 2019.
Hi, David.
Hi, Deborah.
Welcome back to the show.
Thank you.
Nice to be back.
When you were deciding what to read today, you hesitated between two stories by Sara Swanyan Bynum.
Can you tell me what made you choose likes in the end and also what just makes you a fan of her work in general?
I guess, you know, what made me choose it was kind of a sort.
Of a superficial reason because they're both wonderful stories.
She's excellent at writing children, and both of those stories feature kids in one way or another.
And I just love also how funny she can be.