Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor
From The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker
March 1, 2026 · 1h 3m
About this episode
Daniyal Mueenuddin discusses Peter Taylor's story 'Two Pilgrims' with Deborah Treisman.
Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “ Two Pilgrims ,” by Peter Taylor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1963. Mueenuddin is the author of the novel “ This Is Where the Serpent Lives ,” which was published in January, and the story collection “ In Other Rooms, Other Wonders ,” which was published in 2009 and won both the Story Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Deborah Treisman
Guest: Daniyal Mueenuddin
Topics covered
- literature
- fiction
- author discussion
- short stories
- New Yorker
Keywords
- Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Peter Taylor
- Two Pilgrims
- fiction
- New Yorker
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New Yorker
Books & works: Two Pilgrims, This Is Where the Serpent Lives, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
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