Broadcast Schedule

“The Broken Side-view Mirror” from Avenue of Mysteries, by John Irving, performed by Yul Vazquez
“In One Person (excerpt),” by John Irving, performed by Michael C. Hall
“Unhappy Mothers” from A Widow for One Year, by John Irving, performed by Heather Burns

“How to Travel with a Salmon,” by Umberto Eco, performed by Jin Ha
“Marabou,” by Joy Williams, performed by Michael Emerson
“The Twenty-Sixth Second,” by George Fox, performed by Linda Lavin
“The Hat,” by Patrick Modiano, performed by Robert Sean Leonard

“The Juniper Tree,” by Lorrie Moore, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“The Possibility of Evil,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Dana Ivey

“Top of the Food Chain,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Zach Grenier
“A Prize for Every Player,” by A.M. Homes, performed by Jane Curtin

“Matrilineal,” by Tessa Hadley, performed by Patricia Kalember
“In the Country,” by Guy de Maupassant, performed by Thomas Gibson

“A Drama,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Rapture,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Robin Miles, Sam Underwood, Rainn Wilson, and Di Zhu
“Verotchka,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Rainn Wilson
“Which Is Better?” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Rainn Wilson

“The Voter,” by Chinua Achebe, performed by Arthur French
“Occupy Jen’s Street,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Taking Ms. Kezee to the Polls,” by David Haynes, performed by Michael Genét

“Prologue to Middletown,” by Will Eno, performed by Cecil Baldwin
“Lab Coats,” by Yoko Ogawa, performed by Marin Ireland
“The Beautiful Stranger,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Cecil Baldwin
“List of Cross-Dressing Soldiers,” by Patricia Lockwood, performed by Dylan Marron
“Go Back to the Telephone Booth, Clark Kent, Clark Kent,” by Sarah Levy, performed by Sarah Levy, Meg Bashwiner, and Dylan Marron
“Texts from Peter Pan,” by Mallory Ortberg, performed by Dylan Marron and Mara Wilson

“The Orange,” by Benjamin Rosenbaum, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Man, The Restaurant, and the Eiffel Tower,” by Ben Loory, performed by Stana Katic
“I, Gentile,” by David Gordon, performed by Michael Urie

“Yancey,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Mia Dillon
“The Mappist,” by Barry Lopez, performed by Joe Spano

“Breadman,” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Kyle MacLachlan
An excerpt from Heartburn by Nora Ephron, performed by Joan Allen

“The Suitcase,” by Meron Hadero, performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry
“Bridge,” by Daniel J. O’Malley, performed by Joan Allen
“The Great Silence,” by Ted Chiang, performed by Elizabeth Rodriguez

“Feeding the Fussy,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Tracee Chimo
“Home Turf,” by Kiran Desai, performed by Angel Desai
“Watkyn, Comma,” by Joan Aiken, performed by Sonia Manzano

“Jane Eyre (excerpt),” by Charlotte Brontë, performed by Joanna Gleason
“Reader, She Married Me,” by Sally Vickers, performed by Chris Sarandon
“The Orphan Exchange,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Tovah Feldshuh

“God Bless America,” by Steve Almond, performed by Michael Urie
“The Isles of Dr. Moreau,” by Heather O’Neill, performed by Valorie Curry

“Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer,” by S.J. Perelman, performed by James Naughton
“Shiftless Little Loafers,” by Susan Orlean, performed by Dave Hill
“The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message, or the Asp Strikes Again,” by
Jean Shepherd, read by Isaiah Sheffer
“Awake,” by Jenny Allen, performed by Jane Kaczmarek

“The Princess Who Stood On Her Own 2 Feet,” by Jeanne Desy, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Beauty and the Beast or The Enormous Wound,” by Clarice Lispector, performed by Kate Burton

“Flotsam,” by Diane Cook, performed by Melora Hardin
“Paranoia,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Thomas Gibson
“A Tree, A Rock, a Cloud,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Lance Reddick

“The Walk,” by Elizabeth Strout, performed by Ellen Burstyn
“Listen,” by Susan Minot, performed by Jennifer Ikeda and Khris Lewin
“Speak! Speak!” by Julia Alvarez, performed by Selenis Leyva
“Lines to Ida B. Wells,” by Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman, performed by Crystal Dickinson
“Speech Delivered to Women’s Rights Convention in Akron Ohio” [excerpt] by Sojourner Truth, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“Afmerica,” by Mary E. Ashe Lee, performed by Kaneza Schaal

“Tough as Bob War and Other Stuff,” by Molly Ivins, performed by Judith Ivey
“The Pony Problem,” by Sloane Crosley, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Waltz,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Parker Posey
“Lamentations of the Father,” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Snow Blind,” by Elizabeth Strout, performed by Melora Hardin
“August Evening,” by Joyce Carol Oates, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Half a Day,” by Naguib Mahfouz, performed by Bruce Altman

“Pie Dance,” by Molly Giles, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Madame Lazarus,” by Maile Meloy, performed by René Auberjonois

“Jerry and Molly and Sam,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Ana Gasteyer
“Breaking the Pig,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Campbell Scott
“A Pale Pink Roast,” by Grace Paley, performed by Linda Lavin

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Doughnuts,” by Michael Gerber and Jonathan Schwarz, performed by Joey Slotnick
“The Office Party,” by Corey Ford, performed by Jordan Klepper
“The Sorrows of Gin,” by John Cheever, performed by Kathleen Chalfant

“Miss Marple Tells a Story,” by Agatha Christie, performed by Lois Smith
“Accident,” by Agatha Christie, performed by Hugh Dancy

“Apocalypse,” by Jack Handey, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Encounters with Unexpected Animals,” by Bret Anthony Johnston, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Wish,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Pablo Schreiber
“Indianapolis (Highway 74),” by Sam Shepard, performed by Bryan Cranston

“The Landlady,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Sam Underwood
“Four O’Clock,” by Price Day, performed by Zachary Quinto
“Perchance to Dream,” by Charles Beaumont, performed by Zach Grenier

“Wedding Announcement,” by Colin Nissan, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Eyes of the Soul,” by Michel Faber, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Lime Pickle,” by James Lasdun, performed by David Schwimmer

“Last Night,” by James Salter, performed by Amy Ryan
“Joplin and Dickens,” by Padgett Powell, performed by John Cameron Mitchell

“Yeltsin Dancing,” by Padgett Powell, performed by Arian Moayed
“State Facts for the New Age,” by Amy Sauber, performed by Amy Ryan
“Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Joe Grifasi

“The Smoking Room,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Cristin Milioti
“Company for Dinner,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Stephen Kunken
“The Bus,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Paul Giamatti

“Bee Beard,” by Ryan Boudinot, performed by Tony Hale
“The Dummy,” by Susan Sontag, performed by Justin Kirk
“The Swim Team,” by Miranda July, performed by Parker Posey

“Ancient Rome,” by Kyle McCarthy, performed by Tavi Gevinson
“The Thing Around Your Neck,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, performed by Condola Rashad

“Brothers” by Sherwood Anderson, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Diem Perdidi” by Julie Otsuka performed by Jayne Atkinson

“The Texas Principessa,” by William Goyen, performed by Doris Roberts
“Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish,” by David Rakoff, performed by Jackie Hoffman
“The Canoeists,” by Rick Bass, performed by Neil Patrick Harris

“The Pangs of Love,” by Jane Gardam, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Hat Trick,” by Edith Pearlman, performed by Sharon Gless

“Charity” (excerpt), by Joy Williams, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child,” by Joy Williams, performed by David Rakoff
“Escapes,” by Joy Williams, performed by Joy Williams

“The Greatest Man in the World,” by James Thurber, performed by Michael Ian Black
“A Warm Welcome to the President, Insh’Allah!” by Meera Nair, performed by Aasif Mandvi

“The Ambush,” by Donna Tartt, performed by Patricia Kalember
“My Father’s Life,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Secret Lives of Chefs,” by Lisa Hanawalt, performed by Mario Batali

“They Tell Me, Now I Know,” by Shay Youngblood, performed by Viola Davis
“A Small Sacrifice For an Enormous Happiness,” by Jai Chakrabarti, performed by Bhavesh Patel

“The Sock,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“Deep Lie the Woods,” by Meg Wolitzer, performed by Blythe Danner
“Nightblooming,” by Kenneth Calhoun, performed by Josh Charles

“The Dreamlife of Toasters,” by Heather O’Neill, performed by Yvette Nicole Brown
“The Invisible Collection,” by Stefan Zweig, performed by René Auberjonois

“When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Evening Primrose,” by John Collier, performed by Neil Gaiman
“July Tale,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman

“Distractions,” by Simon Rich, performed by Erinn Hayes
“Love in a Kitchen Garden,” by Douglas Lawson, performed by Richard Kind
“Brand Values,” by Emily Buckler, performed by Maulik Pancholy

“Any Number of Little Old Ladies,” by Bruce Jay Friedman, performed by Blythe Danner and Maulik Pancholy
“In Naples,” by Roxana Robinson, performed by Betty Buckley

“One Christmas,” by Truman Capote, performed by John Shea
“The Loudest Voice,” by Grace Paley, performed by Linda Lavin
“A Visit from St. Nicholas,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“The Television Helps, But Not Very Much,” by John McNulty, performed by Jason Biggs
“Goodbye to All That,” by Joan Didion, performed by Mia Dillon
Selections from Humans of New York, by Brandon Stanton, performed by Vanessa Aspillaga, Jason Biggs, Tracee Chimo, Lynn Cohen, Brandon J. Dirden, and Peter Francis James

“The Boy Detective,” by Roger Rosenblatt, performed by Michael Tucker
“Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by David Margulies
Poems by Billy Collins, performed by Billy Collins

“Blue Waltz with Coyotes,” by Jeanne Dixon, performed by Mia Dillon
“The Color Master,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Denis O’Hare

“A Sunday Kind of Love,” by Tom Wolfe, performed by Tracee Chimo
“Malta Scheffer,” by Nelson Eubanks, performed by Brandon J. Dirden
Selections from Humans of New York, by Brandon Stanton, performed by Vanessa Aspillaga, Jason Biggs, Tracee Chimo, Lynn Cohen, Brandon J. Dirden, and Peter Francis James

“The Knowers,” by Helen Phillips, performed by Stockard Channing
“Three Little Maids,” by Alix Ohlin, performed by Mia Dillon

“República y Grau,” by Daniel Alarcón, performed by David Strathairn
“The Letter Writer,” by M.T. Sharif, performed by Joe Morton

“Blue Girl,” Elizabeth Crane, performed by Valorie Curry
“Little Man,” by Michael Cunningham, performed by Zach Grenier

“Through the Safety Net,” by Charles Baxter, performed by Becky Ann Baker
“Click-Clack, The Rattlebag,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman
“Strays,” by Mark Richard, performed by Alex Hurt
“October Tale,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by John Cameron Mitchell

“Correspondence,” by Carson McCullers, performed Emily Skeggs
“The Discovery of Christmas,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Amanda Quaid
“Sucker,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Michael Cerveris

“The Appointment in Samarra,” by W. Somerset Maugham, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“The Monster,” by Ben Loory, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Faery Handbag,” by Kelly Link, performed by Kirsten Vangsness

“Grammar Questions,” by Lydia Davis, performed by David Costabile
“Until the Girl Died,” by Anne Enright, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“Animal Hospital,” by Joe Meno, performed by Becky Ann Baker
“The Silk Handkerchief,” by Sait Faik Abasiyanik, performed by Amir Arison

“My Brother at the Canadian Border,” by Sholeh Wolpé, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“A Guide to Fooling Yourself,” by Lauren Schenkman, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“Reunion,” by John Cheever, performed by Bruce Altman
“Black-Eyed Women,” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, performed by Jennifer Ikeda

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“A Summer’s Reading,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by David Rakoff

“Resistance,” by Stephan Enter, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Gorilla My Love,” by Toni Cade Bambara, performed by Hattie Winston

“Evening on the Côte d’Azur,” by Richard Yates, performed by Edie Falco
“Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz” by George Saunders, performed by Josh Radnor

“You Can Find Love Now,” by Ramona Ausubel, performed by Martin Short and Amy Ryan
“The Alaska of Giants and Gods,” by Dave Eggers, performed by Kate Burton
“Loser” by Aimee Bender, performed by Linda Emond

“Dissed Fish,” written and performed by Calvin Trillin
“Best American Term Paper Assignment,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by BD Wong
“The Breakup Ceremony,” by Toure, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“The Frenchman,” by Seth Fried, performed by Tate Donovan

“Remnants of Carnival,” by Clarice Lispector, performed by Carolina Ravassa
“The Obedient Ones,” by Clarice Lispector, performed by Denis O’Hare
“Happy Birthday,” by Clarice Lispector, performed by Lynn Cohen

“My Date with Neanderthal Woman,” by David Galef, performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello
“Edna in Rain,” by Marie-Helene Bertino, performed by Colby Minifie
“Leak,” by Sam Ruddick, performed by Peter Sagal
“The Little Heidelberg,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Kathleen Turner

“The King,” by Isaac Babel, performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
“A Love Affair,” by Lucia Berlin, performed by Rita Wolf
“Lost & Found,” by Colson Whitehead, performed by Alec Baldwin

“The Appropriation of Cultures,” by Percival Everett, performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
“We Was Twins” by Fiona Maazel, performed by Cory Michael Smith
“The Epiphany Branch,” by Mary Gordon, performed by Mary Cleere Haran

“The Pool of Tears,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Ari Graynor
“The Mock Turtle’s Story,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Humpty Dumpty,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Dan Stevens

“The Strength of God, Concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman,” by Sherwood Anderson, performed by James Naughton
“The Universe as Primal Scream,” by Tracy K. Smith, performed by Tracy K. Smith
“The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” by Tracy K. Smith, performed by Tracy K. Smith
“Everything Is Waiting for You,” by David Whyte, performed by Julie White
“You Must Be This Happy to Enter,” by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Claire Danes
“An Enigmatic Nature,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Fionnula Flanagan

“I Go Adventuring,” by Helen Keller, performed by Maggie Siff
“The Secrets of Bats,” by Jess Row, performed by Heather Goldenhersh

“The Doctor and the Rabbi,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Ellen Burstyn
“Spirituality; With or Without a Prayer,” by Elmore Leonard, performed by Julie White
“The History of Everything Including You,” by Jenny Hollowell, performed by Kyra Sedgwick
“The God Who Loves You,” by Carl Dennis, performed by Tracy K. Smith
“Poetry” by Pablo Neruda, performed by Tracy K. Smith

A dramatic reading of OK Cupid profiles, performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello and Colby Minifie
“Ad,” by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“The Littoral Zone,” by Andrea Barrett, performed by Becky Ann Baker and Dylan Baker

A wonderful selection from the popular blog and bestselling book include letters by Mick Jagger, Katherine Hepburn, Jack the Ripper, and Queen Elizabeth II, among others. Readers include Jane Curtin, Kate Mulgrew, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Shamos, and Sam Underwood.

“I Live on Your Visits,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Celeste Holm
“Snakebite,” by Arthur Bradford, performed by John Benjamin Hickey

“Isn’t It Romantic?” by David Rakoff, performed by Harris Yulin
“More Alarms at Night,” by James Thurber, performed by Colin Quinn
“Août,” by Meg Wolitzer, performed by Jill Eikenberry

“Dear Boys,” by Chris Cohoes, performed by Matthew Modine
“A Soldier for the Crown,” by Charles Johnson, performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
“Mother in the Trenches,” by Robert Olen Butler, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“Peace and War,” by Moacyr Scliar, performed by Michael Cristofer

Selected excerpts, 1979-1985 from The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol, performed by Denis O’Hare
“The Young Painters,” by Nicole Krauss, performed by Heather Burns
“The Burning Palms,” by Claire Keegan, performed by Patricia Kalember

“There Was Once,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Jane Kaczmarek, René Auberjonois and Zach Grenier
“A Leading Role,” by Tove Jansson, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Treasure State,” by Smith Henderson, performed by Michael Shannon

“The Different One,” by John Updike, performed by Michael Emerson
“Coming Soon,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by David Morse
“Youth From Every Quarter,” by Kirstin Valdez Quade, performed by Sonia Manzano

“The Proxy Marriage,” by Maile Meloy, performed by Patricia Kalember
“The Worm and the Apple” by John Cheever, performed by Anne Meara

“Mortals,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Reading Lessons,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Marsha Stephanie Blake

Guest host Kate Burton presents a cornucopia of funny pieces from the volume The Best of The Harvard Lampoon. A fine cast of readers were matched up with these funnies: Wyatt Cenac, Michael Emerson, Erinn Hayes, Richard Masur, Alysia Reiner, and Zuzanna Szadkowski.

“La Sainte-Vierge,” by Daphne du Maurier, performed by Kathryn Erbe
“Pilgrimage to Earth,” by Robert Sheckley, performed by Paul Giamatti

“On the Hill,” by Elizabeth Spencer, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Modern Girls,” by Teju Cole, performed by Zainab Jah

“Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl,” by Carrie Brownstein, performed by Carrie Brownstein
“My Chivalric Fiasco,” by George Saunders, performed by BD Wong
“Sticks,” by George Saunders, performed by Anthony Rapp

Stuart Little, by E.B. White, an excerpt, performed by David Hyde Pierce
“Araby,” by James Joyce, performed by Malachy McCourt
“The Palmist,” by Andrew Lam, performed by James Naughton
“Flying,” by Stephen Dixon, performed by Thomas Gibson

“Nairobi,” by Joyce Carol Oates, performed by Alison Pill
“The Most Girl Part of You,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Kate Burton
“Boys,” by Rick Moody, performed by BD Wong

“Best Worst American,” by Juan Martinez, performed by Cristin Milioti
“Double Men,” by Namwali Serpell, performed by Nikki James
“The Metamorphosis,” by Seth Fried, performed by Jennifer Mudge
“Kafka’s Houses,” by Dino Buzzati, performed by Tony Roberts

“Covet Diary,” by Leanne Shapton, performed by Justin Vivian Bond
“Conversation: You Don’t Know What I Deal With,” by Ramou Sarr, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Conversation: I’m Always on the Floor and Working,” by Mona Kowalska, performed by Sonia Manzano
“The Hat of My Mother,” by Max Steele, performed by Paul Hecht

“Magic and Dread,” by Jenny Offill, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“The Tragic Queen of Carthage,” from The Aeneid, by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles, performed by BD Wong

“Chainsaw Apple,” by Arthur Bradford, performed by Josh Radnor
“First Love,” by Vladimir Nabokov, performed by Edward Herrmann
“The Getaway,” by Dorothy Thomas, performed by Mia Dillon

“The Minimalist,” by Stacey Richter, performed by Parker Posey
“Varengeville,” by William Boyd, performed by Dan Stevens
“Honey I Twisted,” by Helen Phillips, performed by Heather Burns
“Timeshare,” by Dolan Morgan, performed by Rita Wolf

“The Suitcase,” by Meron Hadero, performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry
“Bridge,” by Daniel J. O’Malley, performed by Joan Allen
“The Great Silence,” by Ted Chiang, performed by Elizabeth Rodriguez

“The Juniper Tree,” by Lorrie Moore, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“The Possibility of Evil,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Dana Ivey

“At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners,” by Lauren Groff, performed by Amy Ryan
“How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance,” by Kiese Laymon, performed by Brandon J. Dirden

“Waiting for the Miracle,” by Lara Vapnyar, performed by David Costabile
“Beyond Lies the Wub,” by Philip K. Dick, performed by Denis O’Hare

“Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband,” by George Saunders, performed by James Naughton
“Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Lois Smith
“Game,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by David Strathairn
“Lamentations of the Father,” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Christmas Freud,” by David Rakoff, performed by Jon Glaser
“Violets,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
“Homecoming,” by William Maxwell, performed by Keir Dullea
“Christmas in Qatar,” by Calvin Trillin, performed by Trillin

“Small Fates,” by Teju Cole, performed by Blythe Danner and Jeffrey Wright
“In the South,” by Salman Rushdie, performed by Michael Stuhlbarg

“The Dog of the Marriage,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Joan Allen
“Partners,” by Veronica Geng, performed by Michael Cerveris, Patricia Kalember, and Isaiah Sheffer
“Nightingale,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by William Hurt

“The Broken Side-view Mirror” from Avenue of Mysteries, by John Irving, performed by Yul Vazquez
“In One Person (excerpt),” by John Irving, performed by Michael C. Hall
“Unhappy Mothers” from A Widow for One Year, by John Irving, performed by Heather Burns

“Can't and Won't,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Lydia Davis
“If At the Wedding (At the Zoo),” by Lydia Davis, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“The Party,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Cristin Milioti
“The Two Davises and the Rug,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Dylan Baker
“The Egg Race,” by John Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin

“The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross,” by Henry Slesar, read by Robert Sean Leonard
“Head Over Knees,” by Eric Schlich, read by Robert Sean Leonard
“Dornicka and the St. Martin's Day Goose,” by Helen Oyeyemi, read by Colby Minifie

“God Bless America,” by Steve Almond, read by Michael Urie
“The Isles of Dr. Moreau,” by Heather O'Neill, read by Valorie Curry

“The Voter,” by Chinua Achebe, read by Arthur French
“Occupy Jen's Street,” by Simon Rich, read by Wyatt Cenac
“Taking Ms. Kezee to the Polls,” by David Haynes, read by Michael Genet

“The Landlady,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Sam Underwood
“Four O’Clock,” by Price Day, performed by Zachary Quinto
“Perchance to Dream,” by Charles Beaumont, performed by Zach Grenier

“The Sexes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Parker Posey
“Bohemia (poem),” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“In the Throes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“The Standard of Living,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Hope Davis
“Waitress,” by Robert Coover, performed by Sonia Manzano

“Matrilineal,” by Tessa Hadley, performed by Patricia Kalember
“In the Country,” by Guy de Maupassant, performed by Thomas Gibson

“Where You'll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“The Year of Spaghetti,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Michael Imperioli
“Reading Aloud,” by Marina Keegan, performed by Rita Wolf

“Dog,” by Richard Russo, performed by Stephen Lang
“Tobermory,” by Saki, performed by René Auberjonois
“Take It from Cats,” by Helen Ellis, performed by Maria Dizzia
“Roslyn’s Dog,” by Arthur Bradford, performed by John Benjamin Hickey

“Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, by Joyce Carol Oates, performed by Christine Baranski
“Havahart,” by Belle Boggs, performed by Merritt Wever
“Sticks,” by George Saunders, performed by Anthony Rapp

“The Moons of Jupiter,” by Alice Munro, performed by Holly Hunter
“She Unnames Them,” by Ursula LeGuin, performed by Joanna Gleason

“Pie Dance” by Molly Giles, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Madame Lazarus” by Maile Meloy, performed by René Auberjunois

“Flotsam,” by Diane Cook, performed by Melora Hardin
“Paranoia,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Thomas Gibson
“A Tree, A Rock, a Cloud,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Lance Reddick

“The Sound of Summer Running” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Sean Astin
“I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Shiftless Little Loafers,” by Susan Orlean, performed by Dave Hill

“Apocalypse,” by Jack Handey, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Encounters with Unexpected Animals,” by Bret Anthony Johnston, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Wish,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Pablo Schreiber
“Indianapolis (Highway 74),” by Sam Shepard, performed by Bryan Cranston

“ReBoot Me,” by Larry Doyle, performed by Chip Kidd
“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” (excerpt) by Michael Chabon, performed by Aya Cash
“I am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by David Strathairn

“The Strawberry Window,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Boyd Gaines
“Hell Diving Women” by Megan Mayhew Bergman, performed by Anika Noni Rose

“The Texas Principessa,” by William Goyen, performed by Doris Roberts
“Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish,” by David Rakoff, performed by Jackie Hoffman
“The Canoeists,” by Rick Bass, performed by Neil Patrick Harris

Selections from Women in Clothes, a fascinating collection of pieces by and about women and their relationships to clothes, from all over the globe, performed by Justin Vivian Bond, Jennifer Lim, Zosia Mamet, Sonia Manzano, and Molly Ringwald.

“Last Night,” by James Salter, performed by Amy Ryan
“Joplin and Dickens,” by Padgett Powell, performed by John Cameron Mitchell

“The Smoking Room,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Cristin Milioti
“Company for Dinner,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Stephen Kunken
“The Bus,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Paul Giamatti

“Chablis,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Bobby Cannavale
“The Slaves of New York,” by Tama Janowitz, performed by Anna Chlumsky
“After the Denim,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Snow,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

“The Boy Detective,” by Roger Rosenblatt, performed by Michael Tucker
“Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by David Margulies
Poems by Billy Collins, performed by Billy Collins

“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Hope Davis
“The Night Bookmobile,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Christina Pickles

“Fiesta, 1980” by Junot Díaz, performed by Felix Solis
“How Old, How Young” by John O’Hara, performed by Alec Baldwin

“Brothers” by Sherwood Anderson, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Diem Perdidi” by Julie Otsuka, performed by Jayne Atkinson

Tales from the quarterly journal Lucky Peach, founded by Momofuku owner and chef David Chang. Food fictions and commentary by Rosie Schaap, Peter Meehan, Kevin West, Jase Grimm, Nelly Reifler, and Marc Maron, performed by Gaby Hoffman, Peter Meehan, David Cross, and Sarah Steele.

A Story Lately Told (excerpt), by Anjelica Huston, performed by Anjelica Huston
“Says” by Linor Goralik, translated by Anya Ulinich (excerpts) performed by Nina Arianda
“Indulgence,” by Susan Perabo, performed by Hope Davis

“Charity” by Joy Williams, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child,” by Joy Williams, performed by David Rakoff
“Escapes,” by Joy Williams, performed by Joy Williams

“The Television Helps, But Not Very Much,” by John McNulty, performed by Jason Biggs
“Goodbye to All That,” by Joan Didion, performed by Mia Dillon
Selections from Humans of New York, by Brandon Stanton, performed by Vanessa Aspillaga, Jason Biggs, Tracee Chimo, Lynn Cohen, Brandon J. Dirden, and Peter Francis James

“In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Jane Curtin
“Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing, performed by James Naughton
“Barbara Stanwyck, It’s Your Time to Shine,” by Bianca Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad

“The Pool of Tears,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Ari Graynor
“The Mock Turtle’s Story,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Humpty Dumpty,” by Lewis Carroll, performed by Dan Stevens

“The Distance of the Moon,” by Italo Calvino, performed by Liev Schreiber
“All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Michael Cerveris
With commentary by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of Radiolab

“Grammar Questions,” by Lydia Davis, performed by David Costabile
“Until the Girl Died,” by Anne Enright, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“Animal Hospital,” by Joe Meno, performed by Becky Ann Baker
“The Silk Handkerchief,” by Sait Faik Abasiyanik, performed by Amir Arison

“A Sunday Kind of Love,” by Tom Wolfe, performed by Tracee Chimo
“Malta Sheffer,” by Nelson Eubanks, performed by Brandon J. Dirden
Selections from Humans of New York, by Brandon Stanton, performed by Vanessa Aspillaga, Jason Biggs, Tracee Chimo, Lynn Cohen, Brandon J. Dirden, and Peter Francis James

“Resistance,” by Stephan Enter, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Gorilla My Love,” by Toni Cade Bambara, performed by Hattie Winston

“The Portal” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“A Curtain of Green” Eudora Welty, performed by Frances Sternhagen

“Good Intentions,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“The Man Who Liked Dickens,” by Evelyn Waugh, performed by Leonard Nimoy

“República y Grau,” by Daniel Alarcón, performed by David Strathairn
“The Letter Writer,” by M.T. Sharif, performed by Joe Morton

“How I Met My Husband,” by Alice Munro, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Meeting,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Paul Hecht

“At the Anarchists Convention,” by John Sayles, performed by Jerry Stiller
“The Falls,” by George Saunders, performed by René Auberjonois

“Dissed Fish,” written and performed by Calvin Trillin
“Best American Term Paper Assignment,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by BD Wong
“The Breakup Ceremony,” by Toure, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“The Frenchman,” by Seth Fried, performed by Tate Donovan

“You Can Find Love Now,” by Ramona Ausubel, performed by Martin Short and Amy Ryan
“The Alaska of Giants and Gods,” by Dave Eggers, performed by Kate Burton
“Loser” by Aimee Bender, performed by Linda Emond

“Appropriation of Cultures,” by Percival Everett, performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
“We Was Twins” by Fiona Maazel, performed by Cory Michael Smith
“The Epiphany Branch,” by Mary Gordon performed by Mary Cleere Haran

“Where the Door is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out,” by Patricia Highsmith, performed by Tandy Cronyn
“Powder,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Isn’t It Romantic,” by David Rakoff, performed by Harris Yulin
“More Alarms at Night,” by James Thurber, performed by Colin Quinn
“Août,” by Meg Wolitzer, performed by Jill Eikenberry

“Ambition,” by Jonathan Franzen, performed by Edie Falco
“From the Diary of a New York Lady,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Mary Louise Wilson

“One Christmas,” by Truman Capote, performed by John Shea
“The Loudest Voice,” by Grace Paley, performed by Linda Lavin
“A Visit from St. Nicholas,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

Selected excerpts, 1979-1985, from The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol, performed by Denis O’Hare
“The Young Painters,” by Nicole Krauss, performed by Heather Burns
“The Burning Palms” by Claire Keegan, performed by Patricia Kalember

“Pilgrims,” by Julie Orringer, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“The Life You Save May be Your Own,” by Flannery O’Connor, performed by Lois Smith

“Where the Cluetts Are,” by Jack Finney, performed by Philip Casnoff
“Lederhosen,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Aasif Mandvi

“The Proxy Marriage,” by Maile Meloy, performed by Patricia Kalember
“The Worm in the Apple,” by John Cheever, performed by Anne Meara

“Unstuck,” by John Updike, performed by Jane Kaczmerek
“Playing with Dynamite,” by John Updike, performed by Sally Field

“Prologue to Middletown,” by Will Eno, performed by Cecil Baldwin
“Lab Coats,” by Yoko Ogawa, performed by Marin Ireland
“The Beautiful Stranger,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Cecil Baldwin
“List of Cross-Dressing Soldiers,” by Patricia Lockwood, performed by Dylan Marron
“Go Back to the Telephone Booth, Clark Kent, Clark Kent,” by Sarah Levy, performed by Sarah Levy, Meg Bashwiner, and Dylan Marron
“Texts from Peter Pan,” by Mallory Ortberg, performed by Dylan Marron and Mara Wilson

“Through the Safety Net,” by Charles Baxter, performed by Becky Ann Baker
“Click-Clack, The Rattlebag,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman
“Strays,” by Mark Richard, performed by Alex Hurt
“October Tale,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by John Cameron Mitchell

“The Lie,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Stephen Colbert
“Yma Dream,” by Thomas Meehan, performed by Christine Baranski
“Pride and Prejudice,” from “Twitterature,” performed by Wyatt Cenac

“The Adventure of the Computer Program,” by Seth Fried, performed by Santino Fontana
“Find the Bad Guy,” by Jeffrey Eugenides, performed by John Benjamin Hickey

“Vanilla Bright Like Eminem,” by Michel Faber, performed by Daniel Gerroll
“North Country,” by Roxane Gay, performed by Adepero Oduye

“Amazing Proposal Stories,” by Simon Rich, performed by Tracee Chimo
“The Weekend Travelers,” by Elizabeth Spencer, performed by Campbell Scott
“Best Western,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Patricia Kalember

“Another Life,” by Paul La Farge, performed by Josh Radnor
“The Big Cat,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Keir Dullea

“Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband,” by George Saunders, performed by James Naughton
“Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Lois Smith
“Game,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by David Strathairn
“Lamentations of the Father,” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“On the Hill,” by Elizabeth Spencer, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Modern Girls,” by Teju Cole, performed by Zainab Jah

“Interior Design,” by Dolan Morgan, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“In the Bed Department,” by Anne Enright, performed by Christina Pickles
“The Architecture of the Moon,” by Joe Meno, performed by Wren T. Brown

“Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Kelli O’Hara
“Snowing in Greenwich Village,” by John Updike, performed by Jane Curtin
Greenwich Village recollections by Dave Hill, Isaac Mizrahi, Ralph Lee, and Penny Arcade

“Soiree in Hollywood,” by Henry Miller, performed by Joshua Malina
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Catherine O’Hara
“Halibut,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Josh Radnor
“Going for a Beer,” by Robert Coover, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“The Mast Year,” by Diane Cook, performed by Hope Davis
“The Frog Prince,” by Robert Coover, performed by Parker Posey
“Mermaid in a Jar,” by Sheila Heti, performed by Rita Wolf

“White Angel,” by Michael Cunningham, performed by James Naughton
“The Fine Art of Sighing,” by Bernard Cooper, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Awake,” by Jenny Allen, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“The TV,” by Ben Loory, performed by Liev Schreiber
“The Tax Man,” by Bruce Jay Friedman, performed by Sigourney Weaver

“The Occasional Pignoli Tart,” by Ann Hood, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“A Mad Tea Party,” from Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, performed by Christopher Lloyd

“Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Serial Monogamy,” by Nora Ephron, performed by Mary Kay Place
Excerpt: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, performed by Christina Pickles

“Clair de Lune,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by James Naughton
“Night People,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Luck,” by Richard Bausch, performed by Campbell Scott

“The Sound of Summer Running,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Sean Astin
“I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Shiftless Little Loafers,” by Susan Orlean, performed by Dave Hill

“I Go Adventuring,” by Helen Keller, performed by Maggie Siff
“The Secrets of Bats,” by Jess Row, performed by Heather Goldenhersh

“The Distance of the Moon,” by Italo Calvino, performed by Liev Schreiber
“All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Michael Cerveris

Excerpt: Stuart Little, by E.B. White, performed by David Hyde Pierce
“Araby,” by James Joyce, performed by Malachy McCourt
“The Palmist,” by Andrew Lam, performed by James Naughton
“Flying,” by Stephen Dixon, performed by Thomas Gibson

A selection from the popular blog and bestselling book include letters by Mick Jagger, Katherine Hepburn, Jack the Ripper, and Queen Elizabeth II, among others. Readers include Jane Curtin, Kate Mulgrew, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Shamos, and Sam Underwood
“Hearing from Wayne,” by Bill Franzen, read by Jeremy Shamos
“Yma Dream,” by Thomas Meehan, read by James Naughton

“The Ambush,” by Donna Tartt, performed by Patricia Kalember
“My Father's Life,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Secret Lives of Chefs,” by Lisa Hanawalt, performed by Mario Batali

“The Dome,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Cretan Love Song,” by Jim Shepard, performed by Joe Morton
“Subsoil,” by Nicholas Baker, performed by Thomas Gibson

“Good Intentions,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“The Man Who Liked Dickens,” by Evelyn Waugh, performed by Leonard Nimoy

“The Minimalist,” by Stacey Richter, performed by Parker Posey
“Varengeville,” by William Boyd, performed by Dan Stevens
“Honey I Twisted,” by Helen Phillips, performed by Heather Burns
“Timeshare,” by Dolan Morgan, performed by Rita Wolf

“Beg, SI Tog, Inc, Cont, Rep (Begin, Slip Together, Increase, Continue, Repeat),” by Amy Hempel, performed by Anika Noni Rose
“Sarah’s Story,” by Galina Vroman, performed by Jane Curtin

“The Baby-Sitter,” by Jane Yolen, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber, performed by Dick Cavett
“The Pedestrian,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Jamey Sheridan
“The Wood Duck,” by James Thurber, performed by Malachy McCourt

“But the One on the Right,” Dorothy Parker, performed Christina Pickles
“Starting from Happy,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Occupy Jen’s Street,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“People are Becoming Clouds,” by Joe Meno, performed by Kirsten Vangsness

“Covet Diary” by Leanne Shapton, performed by Justin Vivian Bond
“Conversation: You Don’t Know What I Deal With” by Ramou Sarr, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Conversation: I’m Always on the Floor and Working,” by Mona Kowalska, performed by Sonia Manzano
“The Hat of My Mother,” by Max Steele, performed by Paul Hecht

“Melisande,” by E. Nesbit, performed by Jane Curtin
“Fault Lines,” by Barbara Kingsolver, performed by Jill Eikenberry

“Reeling for the Empire,” by Karen Russell, performed by Kaneza Schall
“The Dodo,” by Ben Loory, performed by André Holland
“The Secretary,” by Deborah Willis, performed by Arian Moayed

“Small Fates,” by Teju Cole, performed by Blythe Danner and Jeffrey Wright
“In the South,” by Salman Rushdie, performed by Michael Stuhlbarg

“Turning,” by Lynda Sexson, performed by Christine Lahti
“Goody Bags,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“Faith,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Michael Cerveris
An excerpt from Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish, by David Rakoff, performed by Anika Noni Rose

Selections from Women in Clothes, a fascinating collection of pieces by and about women and their relationships to clothes, from all over the globe, performed by Justin Vivian Bond, Jennifer Lim, Zosia Mamet, Sonia Manzano, and Molly Ringwald.

“At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners,” by Lauren Groff, performed by Amy Ryan
“How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance,” by Kiese Laymon, performed by Brandon J. Dirden

“St. George,” by Gail Godwin, performed by Jane Curtin
“The Trickle-Down Effect,” by Annie Proulx, performed by James Naughton

“All You Have to Do,” by BJ Novak, performed by BJ Novak
“Missed Connection: Grocery Spill at 21st and 6th 2:30pm on Wednesday,” by BJ Novak, performed by Allison Williams
“Closure,” by BJ Novak, performed by Aasif Mandvi, BJ Novak, and Allison Williams
“Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July, performed by Amy Ryan
“Eveline,” by James Joyce, performed by Kelli O'Hara

“The Rematch,” by BJ Novak, performed by BJ Novak
“Great Writers Steal,” by BJ Novak, performed by BJ Novak, Aasif Mandvi, and Anthony Rapp
“Kellogg’s (or: The Last Wholesome Fantasy of the Middle-School Boy),” by BJ Novak, performed by BJ Novak

“Cryptology,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by David Rakoff
“Gomez Palacio,” by Roberto Bolano, performed by David Rakoff

“Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, performed by Christine Baranski
“Havahart,” by Belle Boggs, performed by Merritt Wever
“Sticks,” by George Saunders, performed by Anthony Rapp

“In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Beth Hurt
“The Night in Question,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Lou Antonio
“I Know What I'm Doing About All the Attention I've Been Getting,” by Frank Gannon, performed by David Sedaris

“The Dog of the Marriage,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Joan Allen
“Partners,” by Veronica Geng, performed by Michael Cerveris, Patricia Kalember, and Isaiah Sheffer
“Nightingale,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by William Hurt

“The Dead,” by James Joyce (Part 2), performed by Cynthia Nixon and Colum McCann

“The Dead,” by James Joyce (Part 1), performed by Cynthia Nixon

“The H Street Sledding Record,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Keith Szarabajka
“Christmas Morning,” by Frank O’Connor, performed by Malachy McCourt
“Occurrence on the Six Seventeen,” by George Shephard, performed by Tony Roberts
“Christmas in Qatar” (poem), by Calvin Trillin, performed by Calvin Trillin

“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 1,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 3,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Anthony Rapp
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 10,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Michael Imperioli
Including commentary by Thompson’s friends, colleagues, and literary heirs: Terry McDonell, Chuck Klosterman, and Matt Taibbi

“I Love Girl,” by Simon Rich, performed by Michael Ian Black
“When We Lived Together In the Belly of a Whale, Some Nights Were Perfect,” by Mara Sternberg, performed by BD Wong
“Jubilation, Florida,” by N.M Kelby, performed by Amy Ryan

“Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue,” by Sonia Sanchez, performed by Marsha Stephanie Blake
“Strike and Fade,” by Henry Dumas, performed by Francois Battiste
“Fenstad’s Mother,” by Charles Baxter, performed by Edie Falco

“Magic and Dread,” by Jenny Offill, performed by Kaneza Schal
“The Tragic Queen of Carthage,” from TheAeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles, performed by BD Wong

“Ambition,” by Jonathan Franzen, performed by Edie Falco
“From the Diary of a New York Lady,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Mary Louise Wilson

“The Company of Wolves,” by Angela Carter, performed by Rita Wolf
“Adventure Story,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Denis O’Hare

“When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Evening Primrose,” by John Collier, performed by Neil Gaiman
“July Tale,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman

“The Writers’ Model,” by Molly Giles, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“Creative Writing,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Alex Karpovsky
“On Keeping a Notebook,” by Joan Didion, performed by Parker Posey
“I Dated Jane Austen,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Can’t and Won’t,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Lydia Davis
“If At the Wedding (At the Zoo),” by Lydia Davis, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“The Party,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Cristin Milioti
“The Two Davises and the Rug,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Dylan Baker
“The Egg Race,” by John Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin

“Clair de Lune,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by James Naughton
“Night People,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Luck,” by Richard Bausch, performed by Campbell Scott

“Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Kelli O’Hara
“Snowing in Greenwich Village,” by John Updike, performed by Jane Curtin
Greenwich Village recollections by Dave Hill, Isaac Mizrahi, Ralph Lee, and Penny Arcade

“The Sexes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Parker Posey
“Bohemia (poem),” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“In the Throes,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Heather Burns
“The Standard of Living,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Hope Davis
“Waitress,” by Robert Coover, performed by Sonia Manzano

“Feathers,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“The School,” by Donald Barthleme, performed by Laura Esterman

“Where You'll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Jane Kaczmerek
“The Year of Spaghetti,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Michael Imperioli
“Reading Aloud,” by Marina Keegan, performed by Rita Wolf

“Do You Know Where I Am?” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Keir Dullea
“Game,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by David Strathairn

“The History of Everything Including You,” by Jenny Hollowell, performed by Kyra Sedgwick
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” by Paul Broks, performed by Jane Curtin
“Getting Closer,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“A Priest in the Family,” by Colm Tóibín, performed by Lois Smith
“Dusk,” by James Salter, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Bureau,” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Kirsten Vangsness

“Beg, SI Tog, Inc, Cont, Rep (Begin, Slip Together, Increase, Continue, Repeat),” by Amy Hempel, performed by Anika Noni Rose
“Sarah’s Story,” by Galina Vroman, performed by Jane Curtin

“It’s Six A.M., Do You Know Where You Are?” by Jay McInerney, performed by Jeremy Shamos
“Red from Green,” by Mailie Meloy, performed by Patricia Kalember

“Everything That Rises Must Converge,” by Flannery O’Connor, performed by Estelle Parsons
“Jesus is Waiting,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

“Soiree in Hollywood,” by Henry Miller, performed by Joshua Malina
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Catherine O’Hara
“Halibut,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Josh Radnor
“Going for a Beer,” by Robert Coover, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“The Occasional Pignoli Tart,” by Ann Hood, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“A Mad Tea Party,” from Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, performed by Christopher Lloyd

“Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Serial Monogamy,” by Nora Ephron, performed by Mary Kay Place
Excerpt: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, performed by Christina Pickles

“Sir Henry,” by Lydia Millet, performed by John Lithgow
“Some Contemporary Characters,” by Rick Moody, performed by Mike Birbiglia and Aya Cash

“Cryptology,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by David Rakoff
“Gomez Palacio,” by Roberto Bolano, performed by David Rakoff

“Fires,” by Rick Bass, performed by Ted Marcoux
“A Singer's Romance,” by Willa Cather, performed by Marian Seldes
“What Do We Have in Our Pockets?” by Etgar Keret, performed by David Rakoff

“Miracle Polish,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Paul Hecht
“The Open Window,” by Saki, performed by Tandy Cronyn

“Chablis,” by Donald Barthleme, performed by Bobby Cannavale
“The Slaves of New York,” by Tama Janowitz, performed by Anna Chumsky
“After the Denim,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Snow,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

“ReBoot Me,” by Larry Doyle, performed by Chip Kidd
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (excerpt), by Michael Chabon, performed by Aya Cash
“I am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by David Strathairn

“The Moons of Jupiter,” by Alice Munro, performed by Holly Hunter
“She Unnames Them,” by Ursula K. Le Guin, performed by Joanna Gleason

“How I Met My Husband,” by Alice Munro, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Meeting,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Paul Hecht

“Gaming at Winnie’s,” by Rosie Schaap, performed by Gaby Hoffmann
“Crab Rangoon,” by Peter Meehan, performed by Peter Meehan
“Seville Orange Marmalade,” by Kevin West, performed by Gaby Hoffmann
“The South Pole Cook: Jase Grimm,” by Christopher Sheehy, performed by David Cross
“Supreme Cloud Ear,” by Nelly Reifler, performed by Sarah Steele
“Pan-American,” by Marc Maron, performed by David Cross

“Ed Has His Mind Improved,” by Walter Brooks, performed by Tony Roberts
“Exchange,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Rochelle Oliver
“Dreamtigers,” by Jorge Luis Borges, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Glittery Eyes,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Parker Posey
“What Animal Are You?” by Etgar Keret, performed by Willem Dafoe
“Sixty-Nine Cents,” by Gary Shteyngart, performed by Alex Karpovsky
“Flying Carpets,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Billy Campbell

“Starting from Happy,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Occupy Jen Street,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“Audio Tour,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Anna Chlumsky
“The Swim Team,” by Miranda July, performed by Parker Posey
“The Meeting,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Kate Burton

“Art of Cake,” by Michael Chabon, performed by David Furr
“True Loves,” by Mark Strand, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Trash Kites,” by Justin Torres, performed by Colman Domingo

“In Dreams Become Responsibilities,” by Delmore Schwartz, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“The Lover of Horses,” by Tess Gallagher, performed by Kate Burton

“Scenes from a Life,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“The Vow,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“People Are Becoming Clouds,” by Joe Meno, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Storm,” by Kate Chopin, performed by Jane Curtin

“You Were Perfectly Fine,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Aya Cash and David Furr
“Unprotected,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“The Day the Dam Broke,” by James Thurber, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Center of the Universe,” by Simon Rich, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Tablecloth of Turin,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Edi Gathegi

“The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, performed by John Lithgow
“Two Words,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard

A Story Lately Told (excerpt) by Anjelica Huston, performed by Anjelica Huston
Says (excerpt) by Linor Goralik, translated by Anya Ulinich, performed by Nina Arianda
“Indulgence,” by Susan Perabo, performed by Hope Davis

Readings from the essay collection The Book of Men. Essays and stories by writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Adam Haslet, Colum McCann, Ian McEwan, and Tea Obreht are read by Gabriel Byrne, Stockard Channing, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Corey Stoll, and BD Wong.

“In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Jane Curtin
“Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing, performed by James Naughton
“Barbara Stanwyck, It's Your Time to Shine,” by Bianca Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad

“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Hope Davis
“The Night Bookmobile,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Christina Pickles

“St. George,” by Gail Godwin, performed by Jane Curtin
“The Trickle-Down Effect,” by Annie Proulx, performed by James Naughton

“The Treatment,” by Daniel Menaker, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Palais de Justice,” by Mark Helprin, performed by Jack Davidson

“Where the Cluetts Are,” by Jack Finney, performed by Philip Casnoff
“Lederhosen,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Aasif Mandvi

“At the Anarchists Convention,” by John Sayles, performed by Jerry Stiller
“The Falls,” by George Saunders, performed by René Auberjonois

“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 1,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 3,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Anthony Rapp
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Part One, Chapter 10,” by Hunter S. Thompson, performed by Michael Imperioli
Including commentary by Thompson’s friends, colleagues, and literary heirs: Terry McDonell, Chuck Klosterman, and Matt Taibbi

“Fires,” by Rick Bass, performed by Ted Marcoux
“A Singer's Romance,” by Willa Cather, performed by Marian Seldes
“What Do We Have in Our Pockets?” by Etgar Keret, performed by David Rakoff