The New Yorker: Fiction

Garth Greenwell Reads Jean Stafford

Episode Summary

<p><span>Garth Greenwell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/01/24/the-shorn-lamb">The Shorn Lamb</a><span>,” by Jean Stafford, which appeared in a 1953 issue of the magazine. Greenwell is a fiction writer, poet, and critic. His first novel, “What Belongs to You,” was published in 2016, and won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year. A new book of fiction, “Cleanness,” will be published in January. </span></p>

Episode Notes

Garth Greenwell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Shorn Lamb,” by Jean Stafford, which appeared in a 1953 issue of the magazine. Greenwell is a fiction writer, poet, and critic. His first novel, “What Belongs to You,” was published in 2016, and won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year. A new book of fiction, “Cleanness,” will be published in January.