Broadcast Schedule

“The Documentary Artist,” by Jaime Manrique, performed by BD Wong
“The Trickle-Down Effect,” by Annie Proulx, performed by James Naughton

“The Fullness of Life,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Jane Curtin
“The Daughter,” by Courtney Angela Brkic, performed by Patricia Kalember

“Petrified Man,” by Eudora Welty, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“My Singular Irene,” by José Alcántara Almánzar, performed by Leonard Nimoy

“The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Stephen Colbert
“The Ambitious Guest,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, performed by Paul Hecht

“The Getaway,” by Dorothy Thomas, performed by Mia Dillon
“New York’s Bicycle Speedway,” by Stephen Crane, performed by Joe Grifasi
Swallow Canyon (excerpt), by Meghan Daum, performed by Jane Curtin

“It Had Wings,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Marian Seldes
“Devotion,” by Adam Haslett, performed by John Shea

“Travis, B.” by Maile Meloy, performed by William Hurt
“A Soldier for the Crown,” by Charles Johnson, performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

“Mrs. Manstey’s View,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“An Orange Line Train to Ballston,” by Edward P. Jones, performed by Sonia Manzano

“What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Keir Dullea
“Lemonade,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Leonard Nimoy

“A Warm Welcome to the President, Insh’Allah!” by Meera Nair, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“A Vectorial History of Leroy Pippin,” by Patrick Keppel, performed by Eli Wallach

“Skyshot,” by Manuel Muñoz, performed by Héctor Elizondo
“Knowledge,” by Gail Jones, performed by Christina Pickles

“Mother in the Trenches,” by Robert Olen Butler, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“Time Between Trains,” by Anthony Bukowski, performed by Liev Schreiber

“Genevieve Thayer,” by Thomas McMahon, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Hope Davis

“The Verger,” by W. Somerset Maugham, performed by Schuyler G. Chapin
“Partners,” by Veronica Geng, performed by Vinie Burrows
“True Love,” by Don Shea, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Breaking Up of the Winships,” by James Thurber, performed by Henderson Forsythe

“Watch the Animals,” by Alice Elliott Dark, performed by Deborah Rush
“One Holy Night,” by Sandra Cisneros, performed by Jacqueline Kim

“The Drover's Wife,” by Murray Bail, performed by René Auberjonois
“Jamaica,” by David Schickler, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Sharing,” by John Edgar Wideman, performed by Susanna Thompson
“The Night in Question,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Lou Antonio
Featuring an interview with John Edgar Wideman

“214 Minutes,” by Adam Langer, performed by Teri Garr
“The Good Doctor,” by Adam Haslett, performed by Billy Campbell

“There Will Be Peace in Korea,” by Larry McMurtry, performed by Tim Guinee
When the Emperor Was Divine (excerpt), by Julie Otsuka, performed by Gedde Watanabe

“Smokers,” by Elizabeth Haas, performed by Teri Garr
“Devotion,” by Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, performed by John Shea
“Public Defenders and Other Fossils,” by George Singleton, performed by James Cromwell

“Blind Jozef Pronek,” by Aleksandar Hemon, performed by William Hurt

“House Raising,” by Chris Offutt, performed by Peter Gerety
“Keep Talking,” by Pam Durban, performed by Barbara Barrie

“Weight,” by John Edgar Wideman, performed by Terrell Tilford
“Mister Brother,” by Michael Cunningham, performed by Daniel Alexander Jones

“The Trip Back,” by Robert Olen Butler, performed by Alvin Epstein
“Four More Years,” by Myra Alperson, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“The Unknown Soldier,” by Luc Sante, performed by Jack Davidson
“Surtsey,” by Elizabeth Graver, performed by Maria Tucci

Selections from The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, performed by Virginia Rambal
“My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn,” by Sandra Cisneros, performed by Carmen Zapata
“Dating Your Mom,” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The School,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Laura Esterman
“Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Lois Smith

“Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, performed by Lia Chang
“Ramone,” by Judy Troy, performed by Angelina Phillips

“Personal Testimony,” by Lynna Williams, performed by Cherry Jones
“The Wonder Spot,” by Melissa Bank, performed by Keira Naughton

“Call If You Need Me,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Harris Yulin
“Anxious Objects,” by Zsuzsi Gartner, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“A Woman Without Prejudices,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by David Margulies

“Revelation,” by Flannery O’Connor, performed by Estelle Parsons

“He’s at the Office,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Philip Bosco
“Happy Endings,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Linda Lavin

“Arbitrage,” by André Aciman, performed by André Aciman
“The Moor,” by Russell Banks, performed by Jay O. Sanders

“The Smoker,” by David Schickler, performed by Robert Sean Leonard

“I Am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by David Strathairn
“They Tell Me, Now I Know,” by Shay Youngblood, performed by Viola Davis
“Visit,” by Barry Yourgrau, performed by James Naughton

“Stuart,” by Zadie Smith, performed by Paul Hecht
“Enough,” by Alice McDermott, performed by Kathleen Chalfant

“The Fix,” by Percival Everett, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Men on the Moon,” by Simon J. Ortiz, performed by John Shea

“The Third and Final Continent,” by Jhumpa Lahiri, performed by Aasif Mandvi

“Nettles,” by Alice Munro, performed by Kate Burton
“Lies I've Told,” by Sue Allison, performed by Barbara Barrie and David Strathairn

“There's No Future In It,” by H. E. Bates, performed by Victoria Tennant
“The Wrong Suitcase,” by Maeve Binchy, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Auditions for Actors,” by Al Hirschfeld, performed by Jane Curtin
“Breakfast,” by John Steinbeck, performed by Joe Morton

“Mortals,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Dolls,” by Ian McEwan, performed by George Bartenieff
“A Profession Like Any Other,” by Ana María Shua, performed by Stephen Lang

“The Diver,” by Lewis Robinson, performed by Peter Gallagher
“The Guilt,” by Rayda Jacobs, performed by Sigourney Weaver

“Meeting Frederick,” by Jewell Parker Rhodes, performed by Laurine Towler
“Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses,” by Luis Alberto Urrea, performed by Ted Marcoux

“Nachman from Los Angeles,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by David Rakoff

“Disclaimer,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Tony Roberts
“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter,” by D. H. Lawrence, performed by Jon DeVries

“Solomon’s Big Day: A Children’s Story,” by Touré, performed by Daniel Alexander Jones
“Nightingale,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by William Hurt

“July ’69,” by Tim O’Brien, performed by William Hurt

“Traffic,” by Rubén Mendoza, performed by Joe Mantegna
“Los Angeles Notebook,” by Joan Didion, performed by Linda Hunt
“Cattle Car Complex,” by Thane Rosenbaum, performed by Mark Nelson

“Car Games,” by Frank Conroy, performed by John Shea
“Hills Like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway, performed by Kate Burton and Michael Genet
“Walimai,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lazaro Perez

“The Epiphany Branch,” by Mary Gordon, performed by Mary Cleere Haran
“Maybe a Bride,” by Carol Bommarito, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“My Baby…” by Dorothy West, performed by Carmen de Lavallade

“Labors of the Heart,” by Claire Davis, performed by Peter Gerety

“Our Lady of Peace,” by ZZ Packer, performed by Saidah Arrika Ekulona
“Evacuation Order No. 19,” by Julie Otsuka, performed by Jennifer Ikeda