At 100, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Feels Eerily Modern

When a book publisher asked Wesley to write an introduction for a new edition of “The Great Gatsby,” he was confused. So many people had already written about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel since it was first published in 1925. What could he add? And why him? But eventually, he realized he does in fact have a special relationship with this book. He has read it in three different phases of life, and each time, it seemed profound in an entirely new way. So in the final week of the book’s 100th anniversary, Wesley talks to the novelist Min Jin Lee and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about why all three of them have found themselves in a decades-long relationship with this book. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/pod... “Cannonball” is a podcast from The New York Times, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris. Every week, Wesley talks to writers, artists and friends about the culture that moves us — the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Surprisingly personal and never obvious, new episodes drop on Thursdays. Watch "Cannonball" on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe:    / @cannonballpodcast   Subscribe to NYT Audio: https://bit.ly/3Qz3GZu Thumbnail photos: The New York Times; Oli Scarff/Getty Images