The Writer’s Voice

Tessa Hadley Reads “Vincent’s Party”

The author reads her story from the July 1, 2024, issue of the magazine.
A portrait of Tessa Hadley in a collage.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Sophie Davidson

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Tessa Hadley reads her story “Vincent’s Party,” from the July 1, 2024, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published twelve books of fiction, including the novel “Free Love” and the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral,” which came out last year. She is a winner of the 2016 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.