Discuss “Chartreuse”, by Mona Awad

[We meet every Sunday when there's a new New Yorker, and we will meet on July 13, because the July 7 & 14 issue is the annual Fiction issue]

(Sorry for the incorrect data last week - Ken)

Greetings, Fictioneers!

On Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 4 pm CDT/5 pm EDT, on Zoom, we will discuss the second New Yorker Fiction story from the issue dated July 28, 2025: “The Chartreuse”, by Mona Awad. This is Awad’s first New Yorker publication.

1. Read “The Chartreuse” at this link. Try a private or incognito window if blocked by the New Yorker's paywall or through the Libby app via your local public library “card”.
2. Want to listen to it? Use the “Listen to this story” on page audio app on the story page (48:24 at 1x speed). The author also reads the story at this link (timing not available at email time).
3. The author interview, “Mona Awad on Enchantment as a Sinister Force” is at this link.

“Mona Awad (born August 22, 1978) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer known for works of darkly comic fiction.
“Awad's debut novel, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl*, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and received the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her second novel,* Bunny*, was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror and New England Book Award. Her third novel,* All's Well*, was likewise a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror, and so was her fourth novel,* Rouge*.*
“She has worked as an assistant professor at Syracuse University since 2020.”
- from Wikipedia's Mona_Awad page, links excised