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| Inspired by the photography of Robert Frank |
| Sunday, February 7 at 7:00 pm
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| Selected Shorts is a celebration of the short story written by classic and emerging writers read by top Broadway and Hollywood actors. |
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This week’s stories
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- "Sunflower Sutra" by Allen Ginsberg, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
- "The Death of Jim Taylor" by Elissa Hutson, performed by Boyd Gaines, introduced by Felicity Tsikiwa
- "Barbara Stanwyck, It's Your Time to Shine" by Bianca Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad, introduced by William Carrington
- "Good Living" by Aleksandar Hemon, performed by Boyd Gaines
- "The Thing Around Your Neck" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, performed by Condola Rashad
Hosted by Isaiah Sheffer, Selected Shorts features some of the finest artists of the American theater reading contemporary and classic short fiction-the most distinguished works of the early masters such as Chekhov, Maupassant, Malamud, and Singer, and the fresh, vivid, diverse works of a new generation of remarkable literary talents, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa LaHiri and literary catalyst Jonathan Franzen. In between: the words of Alice Munro, John Updike, Ethan Canin, John Edgar Wideman, Dorothy Parker, Grace Paley, William Trevor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others. |
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