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Will Mackin Reads "Pig Lab"

Jun 28, 2026, 10:00 AM33 min

Will Mackin reads his story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/06/will-mackin-fiction-pig-lab">Pig Lab</a>,” from the July 6 & 13, 2026, issue of the magazine. Mackin, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812985680">Bring Out the Dog</a>,” which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize as the best début short-story collection of 2018.

Will Mackin reads his story “Pig Lab,” from the July 6 & 13, 2026, issue of the magazine. Mackin, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the author of “Bring Out the Dog,” which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize as the best début short-story collection of 2018.

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