 |
|
|
|
| |
Selected Shorts for May 13, 2008
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: Aimee Bender, “The Meeting,” read by Paul Hecht
From: Willful Creatures (Doubleday)
Shahrnush Parsipur, “Mrs. Farrokhlaqa Sadraldivan Golchehreh,” translated from the Persian by Kamran Talattoff and Jocelyn Sharlet, read by Frances Sternhagen
From: Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran (The Feminist Press at CUNY)
*Etgar Keret, “Pride and Joy,” translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston, read by Robert Sean Leonard (Buy this story now | Buy other stories by Karet
From: The Nimrod Flipout (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Each week on National Public Radio, great actors from stage, screen and television bring short stories to life. Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York’s Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.
|
|
|
