The Writer’s Voice

Ottessa Moshfegh Reads “The Comedian”

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The writer Ottessa Moshfegh smiles and looks away from the camera. Shes wearing a white shirt.
Illustration by The New Yorker / Source photograph by Andrew Casey

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Ottessa Moshfegh reads her story “The Comedian,” from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Moshfegh is the author of one story collection and four novels, including “Eileen,” for which she won the PEN/Hemingway Award in 2016; “My Year of Rest and Relaxation”; and “Lapvona,” which came out in 2022.