Yiyun Li reads her story “
Any Human Heart,” from the June 23, 2025, issue of the magazine. Li is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novels “
Must I Go” and “
The Book of Goose,” and the story collection “
Wednesday’s Child,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2024. A new nonfiction book, “
Things in Nature Merely Grow,” was published in May.