PRI: Selected Shorts Podcast
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It's story time for adults with NPR's award-winning series of short fiction read by the stars of stage and screen. Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC and on tour. A co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio.
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PRI Selected Sorts, May 13, 2009
Reviewer: charisme
Wow! I don't know how I had missed this! I am an avid audio book, listener... I love to listen!
These were so interesting, funny and entertaining... I loved each story! They are not too long, not too short. Very enjoyable!
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Adventures in London and the Wild West
Mon, Nov 23, 2009
Today's story selection has a wide geographical span: one story about a Russian immigrant to the city of London, and one that culminates in the wide American West. First, an excerpt from Rose Tremain's novel The Road Home, read by Paul Hecht, who is interviewed here. Second, the impeccably tailored, perfectly fitting, wrinkle-resistant suit that Cary Grant wears in Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" is the hero of Todd McEwen's humorous essay, "Cary Grant's Suit," read by "Babe" and "Queen" star James Cromwell.
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Rebel Yiddish Writers
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
The first two stories are by Yiddish writers who rebelled against the traditional description of much of modern Yiddish literature—realistic, sentimental, and nostalgic elegies of the European shtetl and passions of the immigrant-filled Lower East Side. Moishe Nadir was a Greenwich Village bohemian and modernist, though "My First Love," read by John Shea, is a fairly realistic picture of lovelorn youth in a small Russian village. Sholem Asch was considered scandalous for writing a novel about Jesus. This less radical tale, "A Quiet Garden Spot," reflects on the erosion of memory and affection in one family. The reader is Laura Esterman. In the third story, "Job's Jobs," Amy Bender uses a biblical reference to frame her tale of an artist's vexing struggles. The reader is Anjelica Huston.
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Tales that Surprise
Mon, Nov 09, 2009
The heroine of Amy Hempel's road trip tale, "Jesus is Waiting," is working through a personal crisis by driving endlessly on America's Interstate highways and turnpikes. The reader is Mary Stuart Masterson. Second, graphic novelist Shaun Tan gives us a glimpse of a world within a world in "No Other Country," read by Campbell Scott. Our Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Writing Contest winner last year was Daniela Maristany; her story "Swimmers" is a touching snapshot of family life. Our final story, "Number 10," is a haunting work by Edna O'Brien in which a husband and wife sleepwalk, or dream-travel, to a very special address.
The reader is Marian Seldes.
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Tales from the Great Epics
Mon, Nov 02, 2009
This program features powerful narratives drawn from Homer's Iliad and the "Inferno" section of Dante Aleghieri's Divine Comedy. First, Stephen Lang reads "The Death of Hector," followed by
Phylicia Rashad's rendering of Cantos IV and V of the "Inferno," in which the poet/guide Virgil leads Dante through the outer circles of Hell, and introduces him to the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca. The third story is derived from Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Paul West's "Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale," is a short but compelling meditation in the voice of the great whale, voiced by Diane Venora.
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Women on the Move
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
This program features three stories about women in transition—geographically, morally, or emotionally. Shereen Pandit's "She Shall Not Be Moved" features a political exile who experiences a crisis of conscience during an incident on a London bus. The reader is Rita Wolf. The program's second story, Andrea's Levy's "Loose Change," also takes place in London, and involves ?migr?s from different worlds. The story is read by Eve Best. Back in America, Molly Giles' whimsical story "Pie Dance," features an odd m?nage. A woman, her former husband, his current wife, and the family dog are the principal characters in this little domestic comedy. The reader Kate Burton.
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