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Selected Shorts
Below is the schedule for upcoming and previous Selected Shorts episodes.
Our most recently released shows are available for audio streaming HERE.
12/28/2001
“The Piano Tuner,” by Tim Gautreaux, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
12/21/2001
“From Mutton Island,” by Beth Lordan, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
“Swan Song,” by Steve Stern, performed by Joe Grifasi
12/14/2001
“Twenty Minutes,” by James Salter, performed by Keir Dullea
“The Joy and Melancholy Baseball Trivia Quiz,” by Ken Kalfus, performed by Jack Davidson
12/07/2001
“Your Story,” by Rick DeMarinis, performed by Joe Morton
“Christ in the House of Martha and Mary,” by A. S. Byatt, performed by Leslie Uggams
11/30/2001
“Like All Other Men,” by John McGahern, performed by John Shea
“The Skater,” by Joy Williams, performed by Mary Beth Hurt
11/23/2001
“Shot,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, performed by Elaine Bromka
“Notes from a Bottle,” by James Stevenson, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
11/16/2001
“How Was It, Really?” by John Updike, performed by Harold Gould
“The Littoral Zone,” by Andrea Barrett, performed by Blair Brown
11/09/2001
“Speaking of Courage,” by Tim O'Brien, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Africans,” by Sheila Kohler, performed by Lisa Fugard
11/02/2001
“The Man Who Could See Radiance,” by John Jay Clayton, performed by Paul Hecht
“The Toys of Peace,” by Saki, performed by Dana Ivey
10/26/2001
“The Children of Grupp,” by Penelope Lively, performed by Claire Bloom
“Fun With a Stranger,” by Richard Yates, performed by Marian Seldes
10/19/2001
“Valor,” by Richard Bausch, performed by William Hurt
10/12/2001
“Genevieve Thayer,” by Thomas McMahon, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Hope Davis
10/05/2001
“The Open Window,” by Saki, performed by Tandy Cronyn
“False Alarm,” by Dave Barry, performed by Larry Keith
“The Nine Best Movies,” by Gregory Mcdonald, performed by Christina Pickles
“Movie-Going,” by John Hollander, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Porcelain Man,” by Richard Kennedy, performed by Estelle Parsons
“Oh She Gotta Head Fulla Hair,” by Ntozake Shange, performed by Tamara Tunie
09/28/2001
“Who’s Irish?” by Gish Jen, performed by Freda Foh Shen
“Short Story Contest,” by Marcos Aguinis, performed by Jerry Zaks
09/21/2001
“The Rocket Man,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Paul Hecht
“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Marian Seldes
09/14/2001
“The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing,” by Melissa Bank, performed by Roxanne Hart
09/07/2001
“The World of Tomorrow,” by E.B. White, performed by Judith Ivey
“Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer,” by S.J. Perelman, performed by James Naughton
“Carpathia,” by Jesse Lee Kercheval, performed by Barbara Feldon
“The Poet’s Husband,” by Molly Giles, performed by Stephen Lee
“Mamie,” by Carl Sandburg, performed by Judith Ivey
“Population Drifts,” by Carl Sandburg, performed by Joe Morton
“Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem,” by Helene Johnson, performed by Joe Morton
08/31/2001
“Forever After,” by Jim Thompson, performed by Ivy Austin
“At the End of the Mechanical Age,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Roscoe Lee Browne
08/24/2001
“The Sensible Thing,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, performed by Billy Campbell
“Gorilla, My Love,” by Toni Cade Bambara, performed by Hattie Winston
08/17/2001
“Sinking House,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Christina Pickles
“Violets,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
08/10/2001
“My Dead Brother Comes to America,” by Alexander Godin, performed by Joseph Wiseman
“The Blues I’m Playing,” by Langston Hughes, performed by Joe Morton
08/03/2001
“How I Came to Be Lawfully Wed,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“What He Was Like,” by William Maxwell, performed by Fritz Weaver
“The Man with the Lap Dog,” by Beth Lordan, performed by Harold Gould
07/27/2001
“Sexy,” by Jhumpa Lahiri, performed by Samia Shoaib
07/20/2001
“Modern Love,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Philip Casnoff
“The First Seven Years,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by Linda Lavin
07/13/2001
“Worry,” by Ron Wallace, performed by Barbara Feldon
“The New Year,” by Pamela Painter, performed by Stephen Lee
“Powder,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Angel Levine,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by Louis Zorich
07/06/2001
“Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Lois Smith
“Things in the Wrong Hands,” by Roy Blount Jr., performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Seattle,” by R.A. Sasaki, performed by Freda Foh Shen
“The Liberation of Rome,” by Robin Hemley, performed by Michael Tucker
06/29/2001
“Rembrandt’s Hat,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by Marian Seldes
“A Recollection,” by Mavis Gallant, performed by Theodore Bikel
06/22/2001
“Psychoanalysis Changed My Life,” by Amy Bloom, performed by Cherry Jones
“How to Give the Wrong Impression,” by Katherine Heiny, performed by Lillo Way
06/15/2001
“A Box of Rocks,” by Tess Gallagher, performed by Mary Beth Hurt
“A Constellation of Events,” by John Updike, performed by Barbara Feldon
06/08/2001
“The Man Who Was the God of Love,” by Ruth Rendell, performed by Cynthia Harris
“The Green Hills of Earth,” by Robert A. Heinlein, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
06/01/2001
“Saboteur,” by Ha Jin, performed by Joel Gray
“Two Words,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard
05/25/2001
“A Gentleman's C,” by Padgett Powell, performed by Stephen Lee
“Tea Leaves,” by Janet Burroway, performed by Barbara Feldon
“Wallet,” by Allen Woodman, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Gold Coast,” by James Alan McPherson, performed by James McDaniel
05/18/2001
“The War of the Wall,” by Toni Cade Bambara, performed by Hattie Winston
“The Trip to Halawa Valley,” by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, performed by Blair Brown
05/11/2001
“The Composition,” by Antonio Skármeta, performed by Steven Gilborn
“A Visit,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Stephen Lang
05/04/2001
“The Brick,” by Katherine Min, performed by Jacqueline Kim
“The Hammer of God,” by G. K. Chesterton, performed by Malachy McCourt
04/27/2001
“20/20,” by Linda Brewer, performed by Stephen Lee
“Hurray for Hollywood,” by George Garrett, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Eternal Love,” by Karen Bender, performed by Joanne Woodward
04/20/2001
“The Golem,” by Avram Davidson, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“Naked Woman Playing Chopin,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Anjelica Huston
04/13/2001
“Getting Into the Movies,” by Layle Silbert, performed by Barbara Feldon
“Miami-New York,” by Martha Gellhorn, performed by Joanna Gleason
04/06/2001
“The Law,” by Robert M. Coates, performed by Cynthia Harris
“How to Talk to a Hunter,” by Pam Houston, performed by Mia Dillon
“Pet Milk,” by Stuart Dybek, performed by Keith Szarabajka
“What I Have Been Doing Lately,” by Jamaica Kincaid, performed by Erica Gimpel
03/30/2001
“Turbulence,” by Joshua Henkin, performed by James Naughton
“The Kugelmass Episode,” by Woody Allen, performed by Joe Grifasi
03/23/2001
“Robbed,” by Ellen Currie, performed by Christina Pickles
“Notes to My Biographer,” by Adam Haslett, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
03/16/2001
“In the Woods,” by Guy de Maupassant, performed by Jane Curtin
“A Temporary Matter,” by Jhumpa Lahiri, performed by Aasif Mandvi
03/09/2001
“Nogales,” by Tim O'Brien, performed by Mariette Hartley
“The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, performed by Frank McCourt
03/02/2001
“The Blind Neighbor,” by Mary Gordon, performed by Joe Spano
“Scaring the Baddest Animal,” by Chris Spain, performed by Ted Marcoux
02/23/2001
“The Nightingale and the Rose,” by Oscar Wilde, performed by Blair Brown
“Ax of the Apostles,” by Erin McGraw, performed by Richard Schiff
02/16/2001
“San,” by Lan Samantha Chang, performed by Ann Hu
“Little Nightmares, Little Dreams,” by Rachel Simon, performed by Maria Tucci
02/09/2001
“The Monster,” by Bertolt Brecht, performed by Helen-Jean Arthur
“Bush Pigs,” by Richard Dooling, performed by Mark Nelson
02/02/2001
“Dusk,” by James Salter, performed by John Shea
“Patriotic,” by Janet Kauffman, performed by Lindsay Crouse
01/26/2001
“Paper Son,” by Melissa Hardy, performed by Keith Szarabajka
01/19/2001
“Stolen Horses,” by Barry Lopez, performed by Anthony Michael Hall
“Afternoon of the Sassanoa,” by Jason Brown, performed by Bradley Whitford
01/12/2001
“My Husband’s Best Friend’s Second Wife,” by Michael Frank, performed by Cynthia Harris
01/05/2001
“The Worm in the Apple,” by John Cheever, performed by Anne Meara
“The Schartz-Metterklume Method,” by Saki, performed by Marian Seldes
“Yma Dream,” by Thomas Meehan, performed by Christine Baranski
“The Second Tree from the Corner,” by E.B. White, performed by Isaiah Sheffer