David Means Reads Raymond Carver

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The New Yorker: Fiction

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2010-10-15

25 分钟
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David Means reads Raymond Carver's "Chef's House."

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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 the first story that Raymond Carver published in the New Yorker back in 1981.

  • It's called Chef's House.

  • Suppose, just suppose nothing had ever happened.

  • Suppose this was for the first time.

  • Just suppose.

  • It doesn't hurt to suppose.

  • The story was chosen by David Means, whose fiction has been appearing in the magazine since 2004.

  • He's the author of four story collections, including the Secret Goldfish and most recently, the Spot.

  • He joins me today at the New Yorker office.

  • Hi, David.

  • Hello.

  • You know, given how much influence Carver has had on american short story writing, I was quite surprised that you were the first person in more than three years to suggest reading him for this podcast.

  • Is he someone who's had a big effect on your work?

  • I think he has.

  • I think he's had a big effect.

  • On every short story writer, whether they know it or not.

  • He's such a corrective.