Colm Tóibín reads and discusses “In The Middle of The Fields,” by Mary Lavin.

Rachel Kushner reads and discusses “The Black Lights,” by Thom Jones.

Salman Rushdie reads and discusses “Love Far From Home,” by Italo Calvino

Mary Gaitskill reads and discusses “The Five-Forty-Eight,” by John Cheever.

Junot Díaz reads and discusses "Seven," by Edwidge Danticat.

Richard Powers reads and discusses “A Visit,” by Steven Millhauser

David Means reads and discusses “The Toughest Indian in the World,” by Sherman Alexie.

Ben Marcus reads and discusses "A Dream of Men," by Mary Gaitskill.

Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Mavis Gallant’s “From the Fifteenth District,” from a 1978 issue of the magazine.

Annie Proulx joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss J. F. Powers’s “A Losing Game,” from a 1955 issue of the magazine.