Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver

Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Elephant ,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the novels “ A Complicated Kindness ,” which won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction; “ All My Puny Sorrows ,” “ Women Talking ,” and “ Fight Night ”—and the memoir “ A Truce That Is Not Peace .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver is an episode from The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker.

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This episode was published on Dec 1, 2025.

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