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Below is the schedule for upcoming and previous Selected Shorts episodes.

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  • 12/30/1999

    Lovers and Strangers
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Rembrandt’s Hat,” by Bernard Malamud, performed by Marian Seldes
    “A Recollection,” by Mavis Gallant, performed by Theodore Bikel

  • 12/23/1999

    Self Help
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Psychoanalysis Changed My Life,” by Amy Bloom, performed by Cherry Jones
    “How to Give the Wrong Impression,” by Katherine Heiny, performed by Lillo Way

  • 12/16/1999

    Gatherings
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer
    “A Box of Rocks,” by Tess Gallagher, performed by Mary Beth Hurt
    “A Constellation of Events,” by John Updike, performed by Barbara Feldon
  • 12/09/1999

    Mysteries and Miracles
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Man Who Was the God of Love,” by Ruth Rendell, performed by Cynthia Harris
    “The Green Hills of Earth,” by Robert A. Heinlein, performed by Kathleen Chalfant

  • 12/02/1999

    Politics Made Personal
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Saboteur,” by Ha Jin, performed by Joel Grey
    “Two Words,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard

  • 11/25/1999

    Old Men and Young Men
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “A Gentleman's C,” by Padgett Powell, performed by Stephen Lee
    “Tea Leaves,” by Janet Burroway, performed by Barbara Feldon
    “Wallet,” by Allen Woodman, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
    “Gold Coast,” by James Alan McPherson, performed by James McDaniel

  • 11/18/1999

    Natural Wonders
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The War of the Wall,” by Toni Cade Bambara, performed by Hattie Winston
    “The Trip to Halawa Valley,” by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, performed by Blair Brown

  • 11/11/1999

    Sly Tricks
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Composition,” by Antonio Skarmeta, performed by Steven Gilborn
    “A Visit,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Stephen Lang

  • 11/04/1999

    Truth Through Violence
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Brick,” by Katherine Min, performed by Jacqueline Kim
    “The Hammer of God,” by G. K. Chesterton, performed by Malachy McCourt

  • 10/28/1999

    Visions of Love
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “20/20,” by Linda Brewer performed by Stephen Lee
    “Hurray for Hollywood,” by George Garrett, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
    “Eternal Love,” by Karen Bender, performed by Joanne Woodward

  • 10/21/1999

    Magical Apparitions
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Golem,” by Avram Davidson, performed by Leonard Nimoy
    “Naked Woman Playing Chopin,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Anjelica Huston

  • 10/14/1999

    Fantasy Fulfillment
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Getting Into the Movies,” by Layle Silbert, performed by Barbara Feldon
    “Miami-New York,” by Martha Gellhorn, performed by Joanna Gleason

  • 10/07/1999

    Love on the Move
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Pet Milk,” by Stuart Dybek, performed by Keith Szarabajka
    “The Calling Cards,” by Ivan Bunin, performed by Barbara Feldon
    “How to Talk to a Hunter,” by Pam Houston, performed by Mia Dillon
    “Love and/with Audiocassettes,” by Annie Thoms, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

  • 09/30/1999

    Forces of Nature
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Fault Lines,” by Barbara Kingsolver performed by Jill Eikenberry
    “Pagan Night,” by Kate Braverman, performed by Maria Tucci

  • 09/23/1999

    Perilous Travels
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Ghirlandaio,” by Francine Prose, performed by Frances Sternhagen
    “Make Westing,” by Jack London, performed by Steven Gilborn

  • 09/16/1999

    Love Takes Many Forms
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Lover,” by Judith Felsenfeld, performed by Cynthia Harris
    “A Window,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Richard Ebihara
    “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin, performed by Christina Pickles

  • 09/09/1999

    Writers and Torture
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Writers’ Model,” by Molly Giles, performed by Blair Brown
    “The Pit and the Pendulum,” by Edgar Allan Poe, performed by Stephen Lang

  • 09/02/1999

    New York, City of Ambition
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “New York,” by Edward Field, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
    Jazz (excerpt), by Toni Morrison, performed by Tamara Tunie
    “Goodbye to All That,” by Joan Didion, performed by Mia Dillon

  • 08/26/1999

    Revenge, Old Style and New
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, performed by David Margulies
    “Pity,” by Avner Mandelman, performed by Ron Rifkin

  • 08/19/1999

    Baseball Fantasies
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Thrill of the Grass,” by W. P. Kinsella, performed by Jack Davidson
    “The Hector Quesadilla Story,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Jerry Zaks

  • 08/12/1999

    Bingo
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Bingo,” by Davida Adedjouma, performed by Hattie Winston

  • 08/05/1999

    Women with Problems
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Sister Rachel’s Narrative,” by Padgett Powell, performed by Eleanor Reissa
    “Second-Hand Man,” by Rita Dove, performed by Audra McDonald
    “I Live on Your Visits,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Celeste Holm

  • 07/29/1999

    Two Guys Who Lose a Decade
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Lost Decade,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, performed by David Margulies
    “In the One-Eyed Giant’s Cave,” by Homer, performed by Thomas Gibson

  • 07/22/1999

    American Visions
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “The Sphinx,” by Edgar Allan Poe, performed by Kathleen Widdoes
    “A Gravestone Made of Wheat,” by Will Weaver, performed by John Shea

  • 07/15/1999

    Wanting Things
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “Wanting an Orange,” by Larry Woiwode, performed by Michael Keck
    “The Way Things Always Happen,” by Rand Richards Cooper, performed by James Naughton

  • 07/08/1999

    Nervous Women
    HOST: Isaiah Sheffer

    “New York Day Women,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Laurine Towler
    “Janus,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
    “Heart and Soul,” by Molly Giles, performed by Joe Spano