Short Stories
3 am in Bangor Maine.
A short personal narrative written by Sgt. Michael A. Thomas. Read by Stephen Laing. (3m 34s)
A short personal narrative written by Sgt. Michael A. Thomas. Read by Stephen Laing. (3m 34s)
Poems inspired by the Iraq War.
Three brief readings Buzz Saw by Billy Hill Hunt, Ashbah and The Baghdad Zoo by Sergeant Brian Turner.
Readers: Joan Allen, Chris Chalk and Stephen Laing. (4m 07s)
Three brief readings Buzz Saw by Billy Hill Hunt, Ashbah and The Baghdad Zoo by Sergeant Brian Turner.
Readers: Joan Allen, Chris Chalk and Stephen Laing. (4m 07s)
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Gleason by Louise Erdrich, Read by Robert Sean Leonard.
”John Stregg opened his front door wide and there was Gleason, his girlfriend Jade’s little brother. The boy stood,
frail and skinny, in the snow with a sad look on his face and a gun in his hand.”—Louise Erdrich, “Gleason” (35m 18s)
Red by Maile Meloy and read
Maile Meloy, recently named one of Granta magazine’s “Best Young Novelists.” She is the author of the story collection
HALF IN LOVE and the novels LIARS AND SAINTS and A FAMILY DAUGHTER. In “Red,” a disillusioned WWII soldier,
waiting to ship out, picks up a girl and finds a moment of connection. “Red” is read by the veteran television and
stage actor Keith Szarabajka. (18m 46s)
Maile Meloy, recently named one of Granta magazine’s “Best Young Novelists.” She is the author of the story collection
HALF IN LOVE and the novels LIARS AND SAINTS and A FAMILY DAUGHTER. In “Red,” a disillusioned WWII soldier,
waiting to ship out, picks up a girl and finds a moment of connection. “Red” is read by the veteran television and
stage actor Keith Szarabajka. (18m 46s)
The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.
The “people” in question cross an invisible line when they decide to stay on in their summer cottage past Labour Day
with harrowing consequences. Jackson is best known for the eerie “The Lottery,” and this little tale partakes of some
with harrowing consequences. Jackson is best known for the eerie “The Lottery,” and this little tale partakes of some
of its sinister re-workings of small communities.
The reader is the stage, screen and television actor Rene Auberjonois. (34m 28s)
The reader is the stage, screen and television actor Rene Auberjonois. (34m 28s)
Blue Waltz with Coyotes by Jean Dixon.
Writer Jeanne Dixon had an idyllic childhood in the American West, and her charming story, “Blue Waltz with Coyotes,”
in which a brother and sister have an adventure in the wild—and get to know each other.
Read by Mayah Dillon. (12m 55s)
Writer Jeanne Dixon had an idyllic childhood in the American West, and her charming story, “Blue Waltz with Coyotes,”
in which a brother and sister have an adventure in the wild—and get to know each other.
Read by Mayah Dillon. (12m 55s)