Books & Fiction: Kate Zambreno’s Present Tense

Plus: Simon Rich; Wendell Berry; and Tommy Orange reads Louise Erdrich. View in browser | Update your preferences Under Review Kate Zambreno’s Present Tense The fragmentary novel is everywhere. For a self-portraitist like Zambreno, it becomes a medium for exploring the difficulty of sustaining a self. By Alexandra Schwartz The Fiction Podcast Fiction Podcast Tommy Orange Reads Louise Erdrich The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Years of My Birth,” by Louise Erdrich, from a 2011 issue of the magazine. Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. On This Day The New Yorker Interview Going Home with Wendell Berry The author of more than eighty books of poetry, fiction, and essays, Berry was born on this day in 1934. From 2019: on local knowledge, embracing limits, and the exploitation of rural America. By Amanda Petrusich Novellas Daily Shouts “Sell Out”: Part One “An American Pickle,” written by Simon Rich, is coming to HBO Max this Thursday. The movie is based on Rich’s serialized novella, “Sell Out,” from 2013. By Simon Rich Daily Shouts “Sell Out”: Part Two “Piece of cake!” By Simon Rich Daily Shouts “Sell Out”: Part Three “I spend twenty-two dollars on supplies I need to make first batch of pickles.” By Simon Rich Daily Shouts “Sell Out”: Part Four “By the time I cart pickles back to Vortex Factory, my roommates are awake.” By Simon Rich More from The New Yorker Annals of Gastronomy How a Cheese Goes Extinct When you talk with aficionados, it usually doesn’t take long for the conversation to veer away from curds, whey, and mold, and toward matters of life and death. By Ruby Tandoh Comma Queen Stet!, the Hot New Language Game A card game based on “Dreyer’s English” and other matters of grammatical interest. By Mary Norris This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.