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Selected Shorts: A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker

SELECTED SHORTS: A CENTURY OF FICTION IN THE NEW YORKER


WED, FEB 12


Hosted by Deborah Treisman


Life Cycle of a Literary Genius by E. B. White

Performed by Liev Schreiber


Love by William Maxwell

Performed by Fred Hechinger


The Ladder by V. S. Pritchett

Performed by Cynthia Nixon


Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff

Performed by Liev Schreiber


All Will Be Well by Yiyun Li

Performed by Ann Harada



There will not be a book signing at this event.


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The Artists (in alphabetical order)

The AUTHORS (in alphabetical order)

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Credits

“Life Cycle of a Literary Genius,” by E. B. White, first published in The New Yorker (October 16, 1926). Collected in A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 (Knopf, 2025). Copyright © 1926 by The Estate of E. B. White. Used by permission of Creative Artists Agency and The Estate of E. B. White.

“Love,” by William Maxwell, first published in The New Yorker (November 6, 1983). Collected in All The Days and Nights: The Collected Stories of William Maxwell (Vintage, 2013) and A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 (Knopf, 2025). Copyright © 1983 by William Maxwell Used by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC.

“The Ladder,” by V. S. Pritchett, first published in The New Yorker (November 5, 1949). Collected in A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 (Knopf, 2025). Copyright © 1949 by The Estate of V. S. Pritchett. Adapted version of the text used by permission of Peters Fraser + Dunlop Literary Agents on behalf of The Estate of V. S. Pritchett.

“Bullet in the Brain,” by Tobias Wolff, first published in The New Yorker (September 17, 1995). Collected in The Night in Question (Knopf, 1996) and A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 (Knopf, 2025). Copyright © 1995 by Tobias Wolff. Used by permission of Creative Artists Agency and the author.

“All Will Be Well,” by Yiyun Li, first published in The New Yorker (March 4, 2019). Collected in Wednesday’s Child (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023) and A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 (Knopf, 2025). Copyright © 2019 by Yiyun Li. Adapted version of the text used by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Selected Shorts is supported by the Dungannon Foundation, creator of The Rea Award for the Short Story.

Symphony Space’s season of programming is also made possible by the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, and Theatre Development Fund.

Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

Floral design by PlantShed.

Symphony Space Staff

Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen
Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer
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Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)

Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson
Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward
Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin
Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Sarah Montague Selected Shorts Radio Producer
Miles B. Smith Selected Shorts Recording Engineer
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski
Literary Assistant
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern

*in memoriam

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