Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “ Evolution ,” by Joan Silber, which was published in The New Yorker in 2022. Bynum is the author of the novels “ Madeleine Is Sleeping ,” a National Book Award finalist, and “ Ms. Hempel Chronicles ”—and the story collection “ Likes .” She was named one of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” fiction writers in 2010. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber is an episode from The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker.

This episode is 01:27:06 long.

This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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