Broadcast Schedule

“The Dead,” by James Joyce (Part 1), performed by Cynthia Nixon

“The H Street Sledding Record,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Keith Szarabajka
“Christmas Morning,” by Frank O’Connor, performed by Malachy McCourt
“Occurrence on the Six Seventeen,” by George Shephard, performed by Tony Roberts
“Christmas in Qatar” (poem), by Calvin Trillin, performed by Calvin Trillin

“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 1,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 3,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Anthony Rapp
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 10,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Michael Imperioli
Including commentary by Thompson’s friends, colleagues, and literary heirs: Terry McDonell, Chuck Klosterman, and Matt Taibbi

“I Love Girl,” by Simon Rich, performed by Michael Ian Black
“When We Lived Together In the Belly of a Whale, Some Nights Were Perfect,” by Mara Sternberg, performed by BD Wong
“Jubilation, Florida,” by N.M Kelby, performed by Amy Ryan

“Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue,” by Sonia Sanchez, performed by Marsha Stephanie Blake
“Strike and Fade,” by Henry Dumas, performed by Francois Battiste
“Fenstad’s Mother,” by Charles Baxter, performed by Edie Falco

“Magic and Dread,” by Jenny Offill, performed by Kaneza Schal
“The Tragic Queen of Carthage,” from TheAeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles, performed by BD Wong

“Ambition,” by Jonathan Franzen, performed by Edie Falco
“From the Diary of a New York Lady,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Mary Louise Wilson

“The Company of Wolves,” by Angela Carter, performed by Rita Wolf
“Adventure Story,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Denis O’Hare

“When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Evening Primrose,” by John Collier, performed by Neil Gaiman
“July Tale,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman

“The Writers’ Model,” by Molly Giles, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“Creative Writing,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Alex Karpovsky
“On Keeping a Notebook,” by Joan Didion, performed by Parker Posey
“I Dated Jane Austen,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Can’t and Won’t,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Lydia Davis
“If At the Wedding (At the Zoo),” by Lydia Davis, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“The Party,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Cristin Milioti
“The Two Davises and the Rug,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Dylan Baker
“The Egg Race,” by John Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin

“Clair de Lune,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by James Naughton
“Night People,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Luck,” by Richard Bausch, performed by Campbell Scott

“Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Kelli O’Hara
“Snowing in Greenwich Village,” by John Updike, performed by Jane Curtin
Greenwich Village recollections by Dave Hill, Isaac Mizrahi, Ralph Lee, and Penny Arcade

“The Sexes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Parker Posey
“Bohemia (poem),” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“In the Throes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“The Standard of Living,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Hope Davis
“Waitress,” by Robert Coover, performed by Sonia Manzano

“Feathers,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“The School,” by Donald Barthleme, performed by Laura Esterman

“Where You'll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“The Year of Spaghetti,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Michael Imperioli
“Reading Aloud,” by Marina Keegan, performed by Rita Wolf

“Do You Know Where I Am?” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Keir Dullea
“Game,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by David Strathairn

“The History of Everything Including You,” by Jenny Hollowell, performed by Kyra Sedgwick
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” by Paul Broks, performed by Jane Curtin
“Getting Closer,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“A Priest in the Family,” by Colm Tóibín, performed by Lois Smith
“Dusk,” by James Salter, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Bureau,” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Kirsten Vangsness

“Beg, SI Tog, Inc, Cont, Rep (Begin, Slip Together, Increase, Continue, Repeat),” by Amy Hempel, performed by Anika Noni Rose
“Sarah’s Story,” by Galina Vroman, performed by Jane Curtin

“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

“Everything That Rises Must Converge,” by Flannery O’Connor, performed by Estelle Parsons
“Jesus is Waiting,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

“Soiree in Hollywood,” by Henry Miller, performed by Joshua Malina
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Catherine O’Hara
“Halibut,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Josh Radnor
“Going for a Beer,” by Robert Coover, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“The Occasional Pignoli Tart,” by Ann Hood, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“A Mad Tea Party,” from Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, performed by Christopher Lloyd

“Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Serial Monogamy,” by Nora Ephron, performed by Mary Kay Place
Madame Bovary (excerpt), by Gustave Flaubert, performed by Christina Pickles

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

“Cryptology,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by David Rakoff
“Gomez Palacio,” by Roberto Bolano, performed by David Rakoff

“Fires,” by Rick Bass, performed by Ted Marcoux
“A Singer's Romance,” by Willa Cather, performed by Marian Seldes
“What Do We Have in Our Pockets?” by Etgar Keret, performed by David Rakoff

“Miracle Polish,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Paul Hecht
“The Open Window,” by Saki, performed by Tandy Cronyn

“Chablis,” by Donald Barthleme, performed by Bobby Cannavale
“The Slaves of New York,” by Tama Janowitz, performed by Anna Chumsky
“After the Denim,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Snow,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

“ReBoot Me,” by Larry Doyle, performed by Chip Kidd
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (excerpt), by Michael Chabon, performed by Aya Cash
“I am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by David Strathairn

“The Moons of Jupiter,” by Alice Munro, performed by Holly Hunter
“She Unnames Them,” by Ursula K. Le Guin, performed by Joanna Gleason

“How I Met My Husband,” by Alice Munro, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Meeting,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Paul Hecht

“Gaming at Winnie’s,” by Rosie Schaap, performed by Gaby Hoffmann
“Crab Rangoon,” by Peter Meehan, performed by Peter Meehan
“Seville Orange Marmalade,” by Kevin West, performed by Gaby Hoffmann
“The South Pole Cook: Jase Grimm,” by Christopher Sheehy, performed by David Cross
“Supreme Cloud Ear,” by Nelly Reifler, performed by Sarah Steele
“Pan-American,” by Marc Maron, performed by David Cross

“Ed Has His Mind Improved,” by Walter Brooks, performed by Tony Roberts
“Exchange,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Rochelle Oliver
“Dreamtigers,” by Jorge Luis Borges, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Glittery Eyes,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Parker Posey
“What Animal Are You?” by Etgar Keret, performed by Willem Dafoe
“Sixty-Nine Cents,” by Gary Shteyngart, performed by Alex Karpovsky
“Flying Carpets,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Billy Campbell

“Starting from Happy,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Occupy Jen Street,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Audio Tour,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Anna Chlumsky
“The Swim Team,” by Miranda July, performed by Parker Posey
“The Meeting,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Kate Burton

“Art of Cake,” by Michael Chabon, performed by David Furr
“True Loves,” by Mark Strand, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Trash Kites,” by Justin Torres, performed by Colman Domingo

“In Dreams Become Responsibilities,” by Delmore Schwartz, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“The Lover of Horses,” by Tess Gallagher, performed by Kate Burton

“Scenes from a Life,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“The Vow,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“People Are Becoming Clouds,” by Joe Meno, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Storm,” by Kate Chopin, performed by Jane Curtin

“You Were Perfectly Fine,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Aya Cash and David Furr
“Unprotected,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“The Day the Dam Broke,” by James Thurber, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Center of the Universe,” by Simon Rich, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Tablecloth of Turin,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Edi Gathegi

“The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, performed by John Lithgow
“Two Words,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard

A Story Lately Told (excerpt), by Anjelica Huston, performed by Anjelica Huston
Says (excerpt), by Linor Goralik, translated by Anya Ulinich, performed by Nina Arianda
“Indulgence,” by Susan Perabo, performed by Hope Davis

Readings from the essay collection The Book of Men. Essays and stories by writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Adam Haslet, Colum McCann, Ian McEwan, and Tea Obreht are performed by Gabriel Byrne, Stockard Channing, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Corey Stoll, and BD Wong.

“In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Jane Curtin
“Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing, performed by James Naughton
“Barbara Stanwyck, It's Your Time to Shine,” by Bianca Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad

“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Hope Davis
“The Night Bookmobile,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Christina Pickles

“St. George,” by Gail Godwin, performed by Jane Curtin
“The Trickle-Down Effect,” by Annie Proulx, performed by James Naughton

“The Treatment,” by Daniel Menaker, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Palais de Justice,” by Mark Helprin, performed by Jack Davidson

“Where the Cluetts Are,” by Jack Finney, performed by Philip Casnoff
“Lederhosen,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Aasif Mandvi

“At the Anarchists Convention,” by John Sayles, performed by Jerry Stiller
“The Falls,” by George Saunders, performed by René Auberjonois

“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 1,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 3,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Anthony Rapp
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 10,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Michael Imperioli
Including commentary by Thompson’s friends, colleagues, and literary heirs: Terry McDonell, Chuck Klosterman, and Matt Taibbi

“Fires,” by Rick Bass, performed by Ted Marcoux
“A Singer's Romance,” by Willa Cather, performed by Marian Seldes
“What Do We Have in Our Pockets?” by Etgar Keret, performed by David Rakoff