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Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff began contributing fiction to The New Yorker in 2011. She is the author of the story collection “ Brawler ,” among other books.

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2 picks · 2011–2025

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“Mother of Men”
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Fiction by Lauren Groff, the author of “Fates and Furies” and “The Vaster Wilds”: I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.

Above And Below
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Short story, set in Florida, about a woman who becomes homeless and loses funding for her studies after her boyfriend breaks up with her.