Hisham Matar Reads "New Shoes"
From The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker by The New Yorker
September 6, 2026 · 32 min · Episode 420
About this episode
Hisham Matar reads his story 'New Shoes' from The New Yorker.
Hisham Matar reads his story “New Shoes,” from the September 14, 2026, issue of the magazine. Matar is the author of five books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir “The Return” and the novels “Anatomy of a Disappearance” and “My Friends,” which won the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Hisham Matar
Topics covered
- fiction
- storytelling
- literature
- reading
- author insights
Keywords
- Hisham Matar
- New Shoes
- fiction
- reading
- The New Yorker
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: National Book Critics Circle
Books & works: New Shoes, The Return, Anatomy of a Disappearance, My Friends
More episodes of The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
- Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing” · July 19, 2026 · 54 min
- Andrea Bajani Reads “Constellation” · June 7, 2026 · 38 min
- Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai” · June 1, 2026 · 29 min
- Chang-rae Lee Reads “Standings” · May 3, 2026 · 58 min
- Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Process of Elimination” · April 26, 2026 · 39 min
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker podcast page.