Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. In his new collection, “Two Nurses, Smoking,” David Means derives power from revealing the workings of his craft. By Jess Walter ...

David Means will read on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 7-8 p.m. as part of his week-long residency as a Rea Visiting Writer in Fiction at UVA.

David Means has won this year’s PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, which has recognized writers who have “demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form ...

Your story in this week’s issue, “Chance the Cat,” is, as the title suggests, about a cat called Chance. When did this cat first come into your mind as a possible fictional character? I based the cat ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: David Means is an Author with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2001 Forum. Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Book Awards for books ...