The New Yorker: Fiction

Sam Lipsyte Reads James Purdy

Episode Summary

<p>Sam Lipsyte joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss James Purdy’s “About Jessie Mae,” from a 1957 issue of the magazine.</p>

Episode Notes

Sam Lipsyte joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss James Purdy’s “About Jessie Mae,” from a 1957 issue of the magazine.