Lauren Groff Reads “The Midnight Zone”

The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker | May 16, 2016

Lauren Groff reads her story “The Midnight Zone,” from the May 23, 2016, issue of the magazine. Groff is the author of one story collection and three novels, including “Arcadia” and “Fates and Furies.” She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 2011.

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