April 18, 2013
Etgar and Gary Answer!
Taking questions we gathered from fans on social media, these good friends discussed oh-so-many things.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2013
New Digital Humor Collection
It’s the end of March and winter won’t quit. Just found out I need root canal. The deli where I buy my Lotto ticket had a million dollar winner. It wasn’t me. Argh, I could use a laugh.
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2013
Love and Longing
Guest host Cynthia Nixon presents readings of three stories whose characters hope for love. In Rick Bass’s “Fires” a rural recluse is ignited by a long-distance runner. “Fires” is set in a remote part of Northern Montana, and literary commentator Hannah Tinti notes that Bass is an ardent environmentalist as well as a fiction writer. [...]
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2013
Wanting More with Guest Host Neil Gaiman
In D.H. Lawrence’s classic,”The Rocking Horse Winner,” a young boy tries to help a family obsessed by money. In the show, SHORTS literary commentator and guest host Gaiman discuss its unusual qualities. Unlike Lawrence’s well-known novels of class conflict and adult desire, like Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Women in Love, this tale has a fairy-tale [...]
Read MoreDecember 28, 2012
Comic Tales
Guest host John Lithgow raises the curtain on five comic tales, classic and cutting-edge. First, New Yorker writer and Algonquin Round Table regular Dorothy Parker describes the hangover from hell in “You Were Perfectly Fine.” First published in 1929, this hilarious morning-after story of a young man waking up from a bender wears well, and [...]
Read MoreDecember 22, 2012
A Father’s Story
Zadie Smith turns back time in this story of a memorable chance encounter between two veterans down on their luck. This program features a single story from the critically acclaimed novelist Zadie Smith, whose works include White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, and her most recent novel, NW. “Hanwell in Hell” was first published [...]
Read MoreDecember 20, 2012
Ladies and Gentleman, Introducing…
We’re really excited to let you know who’s coming to Shorts!
Read MoreMay 17, 2012
The Super Funny True World of Book Trailers
Be warned, if you watch these at work, good luck not laughing out loud. At least I get to say it’s professional research.
Read MoreMay 9, 2012
And the Writing Contest Winner Is…
After much debate, arguments and even a couple fist fights, the contest has finally been called!
Read MoreMay 8, 2012
Josh the Intern Gets Inspired!
“Despite my initial reluctance to follow Colm Toibin’s advice, his illustrious career as a writer is hard to argue with. So I set out to write. Here is a running journal reflecting on my attempt at writing 2500 words a day.”
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