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Andrew O’Hagan Reads Donald Antrim
September 1, 2023·1 hr 16 min·5 clips
Andrew O'Hagan reveals why Donald Antrim's story is too dangerous to publish today.
As heard by us
A sharp Antrim reading in which campus farce turns into public shame, failed adulthood, and theatrical damage.
Andrew O'Hagan reads Donald Antrim's "An Actor Prepares" for The New Yorker: Fiction, with Deborah Treisman introducing a story that starts in the risky territory of a teacher, undergraduates, and theatrical license.
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A New Yorker Fiction Podcast reading of Donald Antrim's An Actor Prepares, where a college rehearsal turns tense in the rain.
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