Discuss “Understanding the Science”, by Camille Bordas

[We meet every Sunday after a new New Yorker magazine is published.]

Greetings, Fictioneers!

On Sunday, December 14th, 2025 at 4 pm CST/5 pm EST/3 pm MST/2 pm PST, on Zoom, we will discuss the New Yorker Fiction story from the issue dated December 15 2025: “Understanding the Science”, by Camille Bordas. Bordas’s prior New Yorker stories include “Chicago on the Seine” and “Colorin Colorado”.

1. Read “Understanding the Science” 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” audio module on the story page (29 minutes at 1x speed) or at this link (30:37 with intro and ad(s)).
3. An author interview, “Camille Bordas on Other People’s Beliefs” is at this link.

"Camille Bordas is a French writer and academic. She was an assistant professor at the University of Florida and her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, Chicago Magazine, and LitHub.
Bordas was born in France and grew up in Mexico. She moved to the United States in 2012 to be with her husband, Adam Levin, who is also a writer.”
- from Wikipedia English's Camille_Bordas page , footnote marks and links removed.