Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li

Jan 1, 2026, 11:00 AM1 hr 19 min

Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/a-small-flame">A Small Flame</a>,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lot-Stories-Bryan-Washington/dp/0525533680">Lot</a>” and the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Memorial-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593087283">Memorial</a>,” “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Family-Meal-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593421108">Family Meal</a>,” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Palaver-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0374609071">Palaver</a>,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2025.

Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “A Small Flame,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “Lot” and the novels “Memorial,” “Family Meal,” and “Palaver,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2025.

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