The Writer’s Voice

Clare Sestanovich Reads “Natural History”

The author reads her story from the July 21, 2025, issue of the magazine.
A photo of Clare Sestanovich. The background has some cursive writing on a pink and orange background.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Edward Friedman

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Clare Sestanovich reads her story “Natural History,” from the July 21, 2025, issue of the magazine. Sestanovich is the author of the story collection “Objects of Desire,” which came out in 2021 and was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the novel “Ask Me Again,” which was published last year.