The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

David Sedaris Reads “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July

Episode Summary

<p><span>The August 29, 2022, issue of </span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>is an archival issue, bringing together pieces from past issues of the magazine on the theme of Celebrity. It features the story “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July, which was published in<span> </span></span><em>The New Yorker</em><span><span> </span>in 2007. Instead of a Writer’s Voice episode, this week we are rereleasing an episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast, taped in 2012, in which David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Roy Spivey.”</span></p>

Episode Notes

The August 29, 2022, issue of The New Yorker is an archival issue, bringing together pieces from past issues of the magazine on the theme of Celebrity. It features the story “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July, which was published in The New Yorker in 2007. Instead of a Writer’s Voice episode, this week we are rereleasing an episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast, taped in 2012, in which David Sedaris joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Roy Spivey.”