About this episode

Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Elizabeth Hardwick's story 'The Faithful'.

Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Groff’s works of fiction include the novels “ Fates and Furies ” and “ Matrix ,” both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, and “ The Vaster Wilds ,” which was published in 2023. A new story collection, “ Brawler ,” will come out in February of 2026. In 2024, she opened the bookstore The Lynx, in Gainesville, Florida. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Deborah Treisman

Guest: Lauren Groff

Topics covered

• literature
• fiction
• book discussion
• author interview
• New Yorker

Keywords

• Lauren Groff
• Elizabeth Hardwick
• The Faithful
• fiction
• New Yorker
• bookstore
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Faithful, Fates and Furies, Matrix, The Vaster Wilds, Brawler

Places: Gainesville, Florida

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