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A compilation, featuring more than three hours of some of the greatest short stories of all time, brought to life by distinguished stage and screen actors. Author - Roger Angell. Narrator - Roger Angell. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

Selected Short's most popular volume! Over three hours of stories to tickle your funny bone. Author - Nicholson Baker. Narrator - Thomas Gibson. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners. Author - Amy Tan. Narrator - Freda Foh Shen. Published Date -...

A lot can happen on the way from one place to another, especially when an overnight flight makes for an unexpected romantic encounter between strangers seated together; a trucker finds life beyond the ranch where he grew up; and a bored Midwestern...

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the...

Poe! is a deliciously gripping sampling of the mad imagination of 19th century gothic master of horror and suspense, murder and mayhem, Edgar Allan Poe. The creepy, breathtaking, and soulful classic tales include: “The Masque of the Red Death,” the...

A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word. Author - Walter R. Brooks. Narrator - Tony Roberts. Published Date - Wednesday, 18...

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element. Duration - 2h 13m. Author - Andrew Lam. Narrator - James Naughton. Published Date - Sunday, 01 January...

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers...

This 2007 Audie Award finalist features more than three hours of some of the greatest shorts stories of all time. Author - James Thurber. Narrator - Isaiah Sheffer. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale...

Jennifer Egan and best-selling Celeste Ng come together for a compelling discussion of their new novels, Manhattan Beach and Little Fires Everywhere, two stories of family secrets and the children who discover them. Performances by Cindy Cheung...

Essayist and author Sloane Crosley will be joined by award-winning writer Zadie Smith (Swing Time) in a conversation on Crosley's newest essay collection, Look Alive Out There. Author - Sloane Crosley. Narrator - Zadie Smith. Published Date -...

The storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, talks with MJ Franklin (MashReads) about his long-awaited new novel—an unforgettable and sweeping family...

A founding member of Monty Python and creator of Spamalot discusses his absurdly funny memoir of his remarkable journey from childhood in an austere boarding school, coming of age as a writer and comedian during the sixties and seventies, and his...

Join editor-in-chief of Catapult Magazine, Nicole Chung, as she discusses her debut memoir All You Can Ever Know with fellow Toast alumna Nicole Cliffe. In her much-anticipated first book, Chung explores with depth, compassion and even humor, her...

The acclaimed British novelist and short story master who "recruits admires with each book" (Hilary Mantel) discusses her latest novel with fellow author Colm Tóibín (House of Names). Ingeniously moving between past and present, Late in the Day...

Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations, young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun. Author - Teolinda Gersão. Narrator - Kathleen Chalfant....

What happens to people's lives during times of battle and strife? From the American Revolution to the ongoing war in Iraq, the subject of this collection is how people cope with the dramatic shifts that come with war. Before Independence, a slave...

A collection of poignant, romantic and funny tales performed by Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt. This collection includes a bonus track of an exclusive interview with William Hurt. Hurt's readings are thoughtful, tender, romantic, and...

This compilation features a wonderful selection of travel stories from public radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at Peter Norton...

Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones. Author - Rick Bass. Narrator - Ted Marcoux. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

A collection that anyone who's taken that walk down the aisle can relate to! Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves. Author - Sherman Alexie. Narrator - Keir Dullea. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

Award-winning, bestselling author Colm Tóibín returns to the Thalia Book Club for a discussion on his latest novel with Elissa Schappell (Blueprints for Building Better Girls). With a performance from the novel by Amy Ryan (Birdman). Author - Colm...

A compilation, featuring more than three hours of some of the greatest short stories of all time, brought to life by distinguished stage and screen actors. Author - Roger Angell. Narrator - Roger Angell. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

Selected Short's most popular volume! Over three hours of stories to tickle your funny bone. Author - Nicholson Baker. Narrator - Thomas Gibson. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners. Author - Amy Tan. Narrator - Freda Foh Shen. Published Date -...

A lot can happen on the way from one place to another, especially when an overnight flight makes for an unexpected romantic encounter between strangers seated together; a trucker finds life beyond the ranch where he grew up; and a bored Midwestern...

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the...

Poe! is a deliciously gripping sampling of the mad imagination of 19th century gothic master of horror and suspense, murder and mayhem, Edgar Allan Poe. The creepy, breathtaking, and soulful classic tales include: “The Masque of the Red Death,” the...

A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word. Author - Walter R. Brooks. Narrator - Tony Roberts. Published Date - Wednesday, 18...

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element. Duration - 2h 13m. Author - Andrew Lam. Narrator - James Naughton. Published Date - Sunday, 01 January...

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers...