Allegra Goodman Reads “Deal-Breaker”
The author reads her story from the January 12, 2026, issue of the magazine.
The author reads her story from the January 12, 2026, issue of the magazine.
January 4, 2026
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Joshua Meyer
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Allegra Goodman reads her story “Deal-Breaker,” from the January 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Goodman is the author of ten books of fiction, including the novels “Kaaterskill Falls,” which was a National Book Award finalist, “Sam,” and “Isola,” published last year. Her new collection of linked stories, “This Is Not About Us,” will come out in February.
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