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Selected Shorts

Sundays, noon

Program Website: http://www.symphonyspace.org/

Short stories by great writers of the past and present are read by stage, screen and television personalities to an enthusiastic audience at Symphony Space in New York City. The show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and performances are recorded and produced for radio by public station WNYC by Joe Morton.

August 22
Let's Not Talk
"The Year of Silence" by Kevin Brockmeier, read by Anthony Rapp
"Liberty Hall" by Ring Lardner, read by Christina Pickles

August 29
Strong Men, Stronger Women
"Second-Hand Man" by Rita Dove, read by Audra McDonald
"The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping" by Padgett Powell, read by James Naughton

September 5
Women on a Mission
"A Shock for the Countess," by C.S. Montayne, read by Fionnula Flanagan
"Katherine Comes to Yellow Sky," by Mark Helprin, read by Lisa Gay Hamilton

September 12
Hard-boiled and Hard Tack
"The Creeping Siamese" by Dashiell Hammett, read by John Shea
"Make Westing" by Jack London, read by Steven Gilborn

September 19
Dazed and Knights
"What Happened Between Us" by Rivka Galchen's, read by Jonathan Hadary
"Chivalry" by Neil Gaiman, read by Jane Curtin

September 26
Unexpected Developments
"Sphinx" by E.A. Poe, read by Kathleen Widdoes
"Minuet" by Guy de Maupassant, read by René Auberjonois
"The Toys of Peace" by Saki, read by Dana Ivey
"Only the Dead Know Brooklyn" by Thomas Wolfe, read by Isaiah Sheffer