The Writer’s Voice

Sadia Shepard Reads “Kim’s Game”

The author reads her story from the January 19, 2026, issue of the magazine.
Sadia Shepard in black and white next to a yellow and pink background with cursive writing on it.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Andreas Burgess

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Sadia Shepard reads her story “Kim’s Game,” from the January 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Shepard is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her first book, “The Girl from Foreign: A Memoir,” was published in 2008.