The New Yorker: Fiction

Gish Jen Reads Grace Paley

Episode Summary

<p><span>Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1979/06/18/friends-4">Friends</a><span>,” by Grace Paley, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 1979. Jen is the author of nine books, including the novel “The Resisters” and the story collection “Thank you, Mr. Nixon,” which was published in February.</span></p>

Episode Notes

Gish Jen joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Friends,” by Grace Paley, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Jen is the author of nine books, including the novel “The Resisters” and the story collection “Thank you, Mr. Nixon,” which was published in February.