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Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

Donald Antrim joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme, which was published in The New Yorker in 1966. Antrim is the author of three novels and the story collection “The Emerald Light in the Air.” His memoir, “One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival,” will be published this month. “The Balloon” (c) 1966, by Donald Barthelme, performed with permission of the Wylie Agency, LLC.

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  Rebecca Makkai Reads Jhumpa Lahiri

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  Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell

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  David Sedaris Reads George Saunders

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  Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian

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  André Alexis Reads Alice Munro

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  Rachel Cusk Reads Marguerite Duras

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  David Bezmozgis Reads Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

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  Greg Jackson Reads Jennifer Egan

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  Sterling HolyWhiteMountain Reads Roberto Bolaño

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  Rivka Galchen Reads Aleksandar Hemon

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  Teju Cole Reads Anne Carson

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  Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live

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  Lucinda Rosenfeld Reads Annie Ernaux

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  Andrew O’Hagan Reads Donald Antrim

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  David Means Reads Lorrie Moore