Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick

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

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Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick is an episode from The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker.

This episode is 01:12:03 long.

This episode was published on Aug 1, 2025.

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