Broadcast Schedule

“What Was Mine,” by Ann Beattie, performed by John Shea
“A Conversation with My Dogs,” by Merrill Markoe, performed by Patricia Kalember
“The Occasional Garden,” by Saki, performed by Daniel Gerroll

“The Sermon in the Guava Tree,” by Kiran Desai, performed by Tazewell Thompson
“Crazy Glue,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Chris Sarandon
“Buses and Subways,” by Y. Camacho, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Cell of Silence,” by S. Sharma, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Untitled,” by W. Santalis, performed by Sydia Cedeño
“Hardworking Mother Haiku,” by Maria Lakatosz, performed by Michael Keck

“Storytelling,” by Mary Gordon, performed by Lindsay Crouse
“Just a Little More,” by V.S. Pritchett, performed by René Auberjonois

“Grippes and Poche,” by Mavis Gallant, performed by Mavis Gallant

“Initiation,” by Joseph Conrad, performed by Tony Roberts
“Country Miles,” by Robert King, performed by Marian Seldes

“An Enigmatic Nature,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
“Brother,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
“Awaiting Orders,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Michael Cerveris

“The Woman from Hamburg,” by Hanna Krall, performed by Hope Davis
“The First Sense,” by Nadine Gordimer, performed by Joanna Gleason
“Vivian, Fort Barnwell,” by Ethan Canin, performed by Steven Gilborn

“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” by Ernest Hemingway, performed by Ron Cephas Jones
“The Little Green Monster,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Dana Ivey
“After the Storm,” by Ernest Hemingway, performed by John Turturro

“Country Cooking from Central France: Roast Boned Rolled Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb (Farce Double),” by Harry Mathews, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Kelli O’Hara

“Indian Country,” by Sherman Alexie, performed by John Lithgow

“Why I Live at the P.O.,” by Eudora Welty, performed by Stockard Channing
“Other Persons,” by Juan José Millás, performed by James Naughton
“Ma, A Memoir,” by Lynn Freed, performed by Marian Seldes
“The Bird Woman,” by Melodie Edwards, performed by Kelli O’Hara

A selection of baseball haiku, performed by Alec Baldwin and Isaiah Sheffer
“The Hector Quesadilla Story,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Jerry Zaks
The Glory of Their Times (excerpt), by Lawrence S. Ritter, performed by Jonathan Rubinstein
“Polo Grounds,” by Rolfe Humphries, performed by Fritz Weaver

“A Pair of Silk Stockings,” by Kate Chopin, performed by Susanna Thompson
“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” by Mark Twain, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Puddocky," a traditional fairy tale, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
Selections from Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Soul Murder,” by David Mamet, performed by Paul Hecht

“My Grandmother Goes to Comiskey Park,” by James T. Farrell, performed by John Shea
Portnoy’s Complaint (excerpt), by Philip Roth, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Polo Grounds,” by Rolfe Humphries, performed by David Strathairn
“Glory,” by Yusef Komunyakaa, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Thrill of the Grass,” by W.P. Kinsella, performed by John Shea
“The Green Fields of the Mind,” by A. Bartlett Giamatti, performed by A. Bartlett Giamatti

“What Is Poetry?” by Debra Weinstein, performed by Laura Esterman
“The City,” by Linda Pastan, performed by Blair Brown
“The Reckoning,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Brenda Wehle

“Liberty Hall,” by Ring Lardner, performed by Christina Pickles
“The Namesake,” by Willa Cather, performed by John Shea

“The Walk with Elizanne,” by John Updike, performed by Fritz Weaver
“Loser,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Linda Emond

“Toba Tek Singh,” by Saadat Hasan Manto, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“Simple Exercises for the Beginning Student,” by Alix Ohlin, performed by Judith Ivey

“How To Relax While Broadcasting,” by James Thurber, performed by Eli Wallach
“The Ideal Man,” by John O’Hara, performed by Daniel Gerroll
“Safety Man,” by Dan Chaon, performed by Hope Davis

“Jubilation, Florida,” by N.M. Kelby, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Bulldog,” by Arthur Miller, performed by Denis O’Hare

“Driveway,” by Pia Z. Ehrhardt, performed by Hope Davis
“Roman Fever,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Maria Tucci

“The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Tritill, Litill and the Birds,” a traditional fairy tale, performed by Daniel Gerroll
“Melisande,” by Edith Nesbit, performed by Christina Pickles

“Ovrashki’s Trains,” by Lara Vapnyar, performed by Heather Raffo
“Eagles,” by Kader Abdolah, performed by Arian Moayed

“1919,” by Julie Otsuka, performed by Dawn Akemi Saito
“Milford Junction, 1939: A Brief Encounter,” by Robert Coover, performed by Cynthia Nixon

“Happy Hour,” by Antonya Nelson, performed by Mia Dillon
“Xingu,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Christina Pickles

“My Father’s Life,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Rejection,” by Woody Allen, performed by John Guare
“The Spray,” by Jonathan Lethem, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“Fatso,” by Etgar Keret, performed by William H. Macy

“One Christmas,” by Truman Capote, performed by John Shea
“Occurrence on the Six-Seventeen,” by George Shephard, performed by Tony Roberts
“Homecoming,” by William Maxwell, performed by Keir Dullea

“Mark Twain: A Mini Drama,” by John Duffy, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Christmas Morning,” by Frank O’Connor, performed by Malachy McCourt
“A Visit from Saint Nicholas,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Icicles,” by Robert Pinsky, performed by Malachy McCourt
“Christmas in Qatar,” by Calvin Trillin, performed by Calvin Trillin

The Spirit of St. Louis (excerpt), by Charles Lindbergh, performed by Keir Dullea
A Moveable Feast (excerpt), by Ernest Hemingway, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
My Life (excerpt), by Isadora Duncan, performed by Mia Dillon

“The Paring Knife,” by Michael Oppenheimer, performed by Steven Gilborn
“The Fine Art of Sighing,” by Bernard Cooper, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Lone Pilgrim,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Susanna Thompson
“Death of the Right Fielder,” by Stuart Dybek, performed by Stephen Lang

“The Gifts of the Magician,” a traditional fairy tale, performed by Patricia Kalember
“The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor,” a traditional fairy tale, performed by John Shea
“The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarves,” a traditional fairy tale, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“My Father Addresses Me on the Facts of Old Age,” by Grace Paley, performed by Rochelle Oliver
“The Book of Miracles,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Sonia Manzano

“How to Become a Writer,” by Lorrie Moore, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Docent,” by R.T. Smith, performed by Dana Ivey

“Purity,” by Billy Collins, performed by Billy Collins
“Monday Morning,” by Billy Collins, performed by Billy Collins
“Mother’s Son,” by Tessa Hadley, performed by Shohreh Aghdashloo
“Forgetfulness,” by Billy Collins, performed by Billy Collins

“Circus People,” by Cathy Day, performed by Kate Burton
“The Ultimate Safari,” by Nadine Gordimer, performed by Myra Lucretia Taylor

“Draft Day,” by Rattawut Lapcharoensap, performed by BD Wong
“The Ramada Inn at Shiloh,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Ted Marcoux

“The Red Fox Fur Coat,” by Teolinda Gersão, performed by Kathleen Chalfant
“Wife-Wooing,” by John Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin
“The Woman at the Store,” by Katherine Mansfield, performed by Peter Gerety

“The Night Bookmobile,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Christina Pickles
“Radio Love Poem,” by Alison Townsend, performed by Ivy Austin
“A Serious Question,” by V.S. Pritchett, performed by James Naughton

“The Palmist,” by Andrew Lam, performed by David Strathairn
“Football,” by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Martha Lavey
“Blue Waltz with Coyotes,” by Jeanne Dixon, performed by Mia Dillon
“Water Names,” by Lan Samantha Chang, performed by Dawn Akemi Saito

“Killing Time,” by Stuart Dybek, performed by Jim True-Frost
“Insomnia,” by Stuart Dybek, performed by Jim True-Frost
“He Couldn’t Boogie-Woogie Worth a Damn,” by Nelson Algren, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Sorry Fugu,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Tony Roberts

“Refresh, Refresh” by Benjamin Percy, performed by Ted Marcoux
“Buzz Saw,” by Billie Hill-Hunt, performed by Joan Allen
“Ashbah,” by Sergeant Brian Turner, performed by Chris Chalk
“The Baghdad Zoo,” by Sergeant Brian Turner, performed by Stephen Lang
“3 A.M. in Bangor, Maine,” by Sergeant Michael A. Thomas, performed by Stephen Lang

“A Solitary Human Voice,” by Lyudmilla Ignatenko, performed by Stockard Channing
“Do You Know Where I Am?” by Sherman Alexie, performed by Keir Dullea

“The Trouble of Marcie Flint,” by John Cheever, performed by Fritz Weaver

“The Secret Goldfish,” by David Means, performed by Charles Keating
“The Other Woman,” by Sherwood Anderson, performed by Keir Dullea

“Taste,” by Roald Dahl, performed by John Lithgow
“How to Tell a Fine Old Wine,” by James Thurber, performed by Raphael Sbarge

“The Debt,” by Edith Wharton, performed by James Naughton
“Aqua Boulevard,” by Maile Meloy, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

“Justice Shiva Ram Murthy,” by Rishi Reddi, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“Bullhead,” by Leigh Allison Wilson, performed by Dawn Akemi Saito

“A Quick Look at Who Is Fighting This War,” by Captain Ryan Kelly, performed by Chris Chalk
“Camp Muckamungus,” by Staff Sergeant Parker Gyokeres, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Khost-Gardez,” by Specialist Ross Cohen, performed by Matthew Modine
“Reflections,” by Captain Michael Lang, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Brotherhood,” by Sergeant Dena Price Van den Bosch, performed by Joan Allen
“Road Work,” by Staff Sergeant Jack Lewis, performed by Stephen Lang
“Safekeeping,” by Commander Kathleen Toomey Jabs, performed by Joan Allen
“Dear Boys,” by Lieutenant Colonel Chris Cohoes, performed by Matthew Modine

“The Eyes,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Charles Keating

“Pie Dance,” by Molly Giles, performed by Kate Burton
“Grandfather Knows Best,” by Calvin Trillin, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Why I Love Cookbooks,” by Laurie Colwin, performed by Jane Kaczmarek

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber, performed by Dick Cavett
“Things in the Wrong Hands,” by Roy Blount Jr., performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Renascence,” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, performed by Barbara Feldon
“The Voter,” by Chinua Achebe, performed by Arthur French