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Sign Language

June 9, 2008

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Mary Gaitskill reads “Symbols and Signs,” Vladimir Nabokov’s first story published in The New Yorker, and discusses it with fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

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Each month, our fiction podcast features a story from the New Yorker archives chosen by a current fiction writer. This and other podcasts are also available through iTunes, or through our Feeds page.

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The Book Bench: Insectophobia, Murakami on running, and more.
Hendrik Hertzberg testifies to the relevance of “South Pacific.”
George Packer has a little good news for Iraqi refugees.
Sasha Frere-Jones looks forward to Lil Wayne’s new album.
Michael Crawford is June’s Cartoonist of the Month.
Dana Goodyear revisits the Woman’s Building.
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VIDEO
Not a Game: Scenarios from Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality simulation adapted from the video game Full Spectrum Warrior, with commentary by Sue Halpern.
Trapped: The ordeal of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours.
Abandoned in Baghdad: Scenes from George Packer’s play “Betrayed.”
Stories from the Near Future: Video from the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
The Naked Campaign: Steve Brodner draws the Presidential candidates.
AUDIO
Perfect Pitch: Sasha Frere-Jones demonstrates how Auto-Tune transforms the human voice.
Sign Language: Mary Gaitskill discusses Vladimir Nabokov and his story “Symbols and Signs,” in this month’s fiction podcast.
In the Bird’s Nest: Paul Goldberger talks about Beijing’s standout buildings.
Soup Course: Ian Frazier talks about his experiences running a writers’ workshop at a Chelsea soup kitchen.
The Campaign Trail: Hillary’s next move, and Obama’s foreign policy.
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Great Walls: Photographs of Beijing’s National Stadium and National Aquatics Center.
Watershed: A portfolio of work from “Action/Abstraction,” an exhibition at the Jewish Museum about Abstract Expressionism.
Your Eustace: The winners of the 2008 Eustace Tilley Contest.

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