The Writer’s Voice

Colm Tóibín Reads “Five Bridges”

The author reads his story from the March 10, 2025, issue of the magazine.
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Illustration by The New Yorker / Source photograph by Reynaldo Rivera

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Colm Tóibín reads his story “Five Bridges,” from the March 10, 2025, issue of the magazine. Tóibín, a winner of the Folio Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others, has published eleven novels, including “Brooklyn,” “The Magician,” and “Long Island,” which came out last year.