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This program includes two stories featuring improbable events, one involving the 1960s, the other an uncanny go-to guy. The first story comes from an evening at Symphony Space devoted to the legendary 1960s.  Author Joyce Johnson published “The Fall of Texas” in The New Yorker years after the moment in 1962 that it chronicles, when [...]

Be warned, if you watch these at work, good luck not laughing out loud. At least I get to say it’s professional research.

We think of this program as a literary “mix tape,” featuring two stories mingling with the music that inspired, or played a role in them. “Milestones,” by Miles Davis was the inspiration for Hannah Tinti’s story of the same name.  It was also our introduction to Hannah—who is interviewed here by SHORTS host Isaiah Sheffer—before [...]

After much debate, arguments and even a couple fist fights, the contest has finally been called!