Broadcast Schedule

“The Dead,” by James Joyce, performed by René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, and Isaiah Sheffer

“The Night the Ghost Got In,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Examining the Evidence,” by Alice Hoffman, performed by Joanna Gleason
“It Had Wings,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Marian Seldes
“Second-Hand Man,” by Rita Dove, performed by Audra McDonald

“Troll Bridge,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman
“The Circular Ruins,” by Jorge Luis Borges, performed by Boyd Gaines
“Tender,” by Carly Sachs, performed by Mary Brienza

“But the One on the Right,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Christina Pickles
“A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf,” by Lara Vapnyar, performed by Heather Goldenhersh

“More Life,” by Mark Strand, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Creeping,” by Maxine Swann, performed by Christine Ebersole

“Bayonne,” by John Cheever, performed by Mary Kay Place
“Fjord of Killary,” by Kevin Barry, performed by James Naughton

“Jamaica,” by David Schickler, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“On the U.S.S. Fortitude,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Laura Esterman

“Wildwood,” by Junot Díaz, performed by Sonia Manzano

“It’s Six A.M. Do You Know Where You Are?” by Jay McInerney, performed by Jeremy Shamos
“Red from Green,” by Maile Meloy, performed by Patricia Kalember

“Sir Henry,” by Lydia Millet, performed by John Lithgow
“Some Contemporary Characters,” by Rick Moody, performed by Mike Birbiglia and Aya Cash

“Sinners,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Black Flower,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Colum McCann
“Going for a Beer,” by Robert Coover, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“A Life in Fictions,” by Kat Howard, performed by Marin Ireland
“The Thing About Cassandra,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Josh Hamilton

“Customer Service at the Karaoke Don Quixote,” by Juan Martinez, performed by Nate Corddry
“Ziggurat,” by Stephen O’Connor, performed by Tim Curry

“Suddenly, a Knock on the Door,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Josh Radnor
“Lieland,” by Etgar Keret, performed by BD Wong
“Halibut,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Josh Radnor
“Fatso,” by Etgar Keret, performed by John Guare

“Good Intentions,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“Lost and Found,” by Colson Whitehead, performed by Alec Baldwin
“My Mother,” by Jamaica Kincaid, performed by Laurine Towler
“A Soldier for the Crown,” by Charles Johnson, performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

The Things They Carried (excerpt), by Tim O’Brien, performed by Dylan Baker

“Popsy,” by Stephen King, performed by Michael Imperioli
“Night Calls,” by Lisa Fugard, performed by the author

“Double Check,” by Thomas Walsh, performed by James Naughton
“False Alarm,” by Dave Barry, performed by Larry Keith

“Breaking and Entering,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by B.D. Wong

“Yurt,” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, performed by Joanna Gleason
“Wild Plums,” by Grace Stone Coates, performed by Mia Dillon

“Dracula’s Guest,” by Bram Stoker, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe, performed by Fionnula Flanagan

“Sunflower Sutra,” by Allen Ginsberg, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Death of Jim Taylor,” by Elissa Hutson, performed by Boyd Gaines
“Barbara Stanwyck, It’s Your Time to Shine,” by Bianca Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad
“Good Living,” by Aleksandar Hemon, performed by Boyd Gaines
“The Thing Around Your Neck,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, performed by Condola Rashad

Let the Great World Spin (excerpt), by Colum McCann, performed by Brian Stokes Mitchell
“Salt,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by David Strathairn

“Disco Papa,” by Karen Russell, performed by Susanna Thompson
“Departure,” by Andrew Porter, performed by Khris Lewin
“Waiting for Rusty,” by William Cole, performed by Ted Marcoux

“The Traveler,” by Wallace Stegner, performed by Jack Davidson
“Goin’ to Town,” by Wallace Stegner, performed by Lillo Way, Isaiah Sheffer, and Jack Davidson

“The Briefcase,” by Rebecca Makkai, performed by Victor Garber
“Diem Perdidi,” by Julie Otsuka, performed by Jayne Atkinson

“Beyond the Pale,” by Joseph Epstein, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Ma, A Memoir,” by Lynn Freed, performed by Marian Seldes

“The Palmist,” by Andrew Lam, performed by James Naughton
“The Occasional Garden,” by Saki, performed by Daniel Gerroll
“The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Maria Tucci
“The Little Green Monster,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Dana Ivey

“The H Street Sledding Record,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Keith Szarabajka
“Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor,” by John Cheever, performed by Malachy McCourt
“A Visit from Saint Nicholas,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,” by Nathan Englander, performed by Jefferson Mays
“A Second of Pleasure,” by Neil LaBute, performed by Andrew McCarthy and Maura Tierney
“Lies I’ve Told,” by Sue Allison, performed by Barbara Barrie and David Strathairn

“The Mappist,” by Barry Lopez, performed by Joe Spano
“Devil of a Curve,” by Walter Kirn, performed by Roscoe Lee Browne

“The Tell Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allen Poe, performed by Terrence Mann
“Gimpel The Fool,” by Isaac Bashevis Singer, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Paring Knife,” by Michael Oppenheimer, performed by Steve Gilborn

The Road Home (excerpt), by Rose Tremain, performed by Paul Hecht
“Cary Grant's Suit,” by Todd McEwen, performed by James Cromwell

“My First Love,” by Moishe Nadir, performed by John Shea
“A Quiet Garden Spot,” by Sholem Asch, performed by Laura Esterman
“Job’s Jobs,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Anjelica Huston

“Jesus is Waiting,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson
“No Other Country,” by Shaun Tan, performed by Campbell Scott
“Swimmers,” by Daniela Maristany, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson
“Number 10,” by Edna O'Brien, performed by Marian Seldes

“The Death of Hector,” from The Iliad, by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, performed by Stephen Lang
“Cantos IV and V,” from Dante's Inferno, by Dante Aligheri, translated by Mark Strand and Daniel Halpern, performed by Phylicia Rashad
“Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale,” by Paul West, performed by Diane Venora

“She Shall Not Be Moved,” by Shereen Pandit, performed by Rita Wolf
“Loose Change,” by Andrea Levy, performed by Eve Best
“Pie Dance,” by Molly Giles, performed by Kate Burton

“My Backyard,” by Peter Lu, performed by Sonia Manzano
“A Room of My Own,” by Alanna Okun, performed by Rita Wolf
“Heirloom China,” by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Jonathan’s,” by Teo Soares, performed by David Rakoff
“Reading Aloud,” by Marina Keegan, performed by Rita Wolf
“Your Mother and I,” by Dave Eggers, performed by David Rakoff
“Visit,” by Barry Yourgrau, performed by James Naughton

“Claire of the Sea Light,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Anika Noni Rose
“New York Day Women,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Laurine Towler

“The Deal,” by Mike Birbiglia, performed by Mike Birbiglia
“Seeing the World,” by Louis Robinson, performed by Thomas Gibson

“A Prayer,” by Paul Simms, performed by Chip Zien
“Lamentations of the Father,” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Storm,” by Jules Verne, performed by Tony Roberts
“Robbed,” by Ellen Currie, performed by Christina Pickles

“The Bees,” by Dan Chaon, performed by Boyd Gaines

“A Parisian Affair,” by Guy de Maupassant, performed by René Auberjonois
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow (excerpt), by Faiza Guene, performed by Sonia Manzano
“The Secret of the Old Music,” by Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, performed by Philippe de Montebello

“Just a Little One,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Dana Ivey
“The Spray,” by Jonathan Lethem, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“The Swim Team,” by Miranda July, performed by Parker Posey
“Jesus Shaves,” by David Sedaris, performed by Tim Blake Nelson

“I Am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by Denis O’Hare
“Everything in this Country Must,” by Colum McCann, performed by Amy Ryan
“Flying,” by Stephen Dixon, performed by Thomas Gibson

“(She Owns) Every Thing,” by Anne Enright, performed by Mary-Louise Parker
“Free Fruit for Young Widows,” by Nathan Englander, performed by Michael Cerveris
“The Writers’ Model,” by Molly Giles, performed by Blair Brown

“The Shape of the Sword,” by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by David A. Yates, performed by Charles Keating
“On the Honeymoon,” by Javier Marías, translated by Margaret Jull Costa, performed by Ivan Hernandez
“William Burns,” by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Chris Andrews, performed by Michael Stuhlbarg

“Ever After,” by Kim Addonizio, performed by Christine Ebersole
“Boys,” by Rick Moody, performed by BD Wong
“The Fortunes of Madame Organza,” by Natalie Babbitt, performed by Janel Maloney

“Porte-Cochere,” by Peter Taylor, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“Enough,” by Alice McDermott, performed by Fionnula Flanagan

“Liliana,” by Maile Meloy, performed by James Naughton
“Going to the Dogs,” by Richard Ford, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Safari,” by Jennifer Egan, performed by Hope Davis

“Neighbors,” by Julia Alvarez, performed by Lili Taylor
“Flight Patterns,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by BD Wong

“Ardour,” by Jonathan Keats, performed by Lili Taylor
“Little Pot,” by Ilya Kaminsky, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Blue-Bearded Lover,” by Joyce Carol Oates, performed Betsey Lippitt
“Relic,” by Robert Olen Butler, performed by Ron Nakahara
“The Porcelain Man,” by Richard Kennedy, performed by Estelle Parsons