Mona Awad Reads “The Chartreuse”

The author reads her story from the July 28, 2025, issue of the magazine.
A blackandwhite portrait of Mona Awad collaged next to a pinkandorange illustration with lips and cursive writing on it.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Angela Sterling

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Mona Awad reads her story “The Chartreuse,” from the July 28, 2025, issue of the magazine. Awad is the author of four books of fiction, including “13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl,” which won the Amazon Best First Novel Award, and “Rouge,” which was published in 2023. Her new novel, “We Love You, Bunny,” will come out in September.