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Paul Yoon discusses Fiona McFarlane's story 'Hostel' with Deborah Treisman.

Paul Yoon joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Hostel,” by Fiona McFarlane, which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. Yoon was one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” in 2010, and has published five books of fiction, including the novel “Run Me to Earth” and the story collection “The Hive and the Honey,” a winner of the Story Prize. A new novel, “Etna,” will be published in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Deborah Treisman

Guest: Paul Yoon

Topics covered

• fiction
• literature
• author discussion
• short stories
• book publishing

Keywords

• Paul Yoon
• Fiona McFarlane
• Hostel
• The New Yorker
• fiction
• literature
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker

Books & works: Hostel, Run Me to Earth, The Hive and the Honey, Etna

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