About this episode
Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “ Dédé ,” by Mavis Gallant, which appeared in a 1987 issue of the magazine. Beattie has published eleven story collections and nine novels, including “Mrs. Nixon” and this year’s “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.” She was also a winner of the 2005 Rea Award for the Short Story, as well as the PEN/Malamud Award. She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 1974. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices