The Writer’s Voice

Molly Aitken Reads “This Is How It Happens”

The author reads her story from the February 9, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Molly Aitken in black and white next to a yellow and pink background with cursive writing on it.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Molly Aitken

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Molly Aitken reads her story “This Is How It Happens,” from the February 9, 2026, issue of the magazine. Aitken is the author of two novels, “The Island Child,” from 2020, and “Bright I Burn,” which was published in 2024. She won the 2023 Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction.