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The New Yorker: Fiction

The New Yorker: Fiction

Colm Tóibín Reads Tobias Wolff

Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 4m

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Colm Tóibín joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Awaiting Orders,” by Tobias Wolff, which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. Tóibín, who is a fiction writer, essayist, playwright, and poet, has won the International Dublin Literary Award, the Folio Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others. He has published more than a dozen books of fiction, including the novels “Brooklyn” and “The Magician,” and the story collections “The Empty Family” and “The News from Dublin.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices