Broadcast Schedule

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

“O Holy Night, or The Year I Ruined Christmas,” by Laurie Notaro, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Spirit of Christmas,” by Jeanette Winterson, performed by Christina Pickles

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

“A Case for Remaining Indoors,” by Samantha Irby, performed by Retta
“Everything We Know About the Bomber,” by Rebecca Makkai, performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“The Hoaxer,” by Walter Kirn, performed by Michael McKean

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

“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

“Looking for a Thief,” by Danielle Lazarin, performed by Heather Burns
“I Stand Here Ironing,” by Tillie Olsen, performed by Kate Burton

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

“Friends,” by Lucia Berlin, performed by Lydia Gaston
“Control Negro,” by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, performed by LeVar Burton

“The Caul,” by Russell Banks, performed by Richard Masur
“The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Lamp,” by Agatha Christie, performed by Rita Wolf
“An Imperial Message,” by Franz Kafka, performed by Kaneza Schaal

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

“My Dungeon Shook,” by James Baldwin, performed by Christopher Jackson
Giovanni's Room (excerpt), by James Baldwin, performed by Anthony Rapp
Go Tell It on the Mountain (excerpt), by James Baldwin, performed by Charlayne Woodard
With remarks by Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation

“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

“Detour,” by Évelyne Trouillot, performed Arian Moayed and Rita Wolf
“Woman Striker Has Killer Left Foot,” by Réka Mán-Várhegyi, performed by Adina Verson
“Muzaffer and Bananas,” by Yalçın Tosun, performed by Arian Moayed

“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

“The Wisdom of Eve,” by Mary Orr, performed by Stana Katic
“The Leap,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Elizabeth Reaser
Introductions by Sarah Thyre and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

“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

“Patriots,” by Patrick Dacey, performed by Wendie Malick
“Sea Monster,” by Seth Fried, performed by Natasha Rothwell
“The Mistress,” by Gina Berriault, performed by Jane Kaczmarek

“First Person Shooter,” by Charles Yu, performed by Tony Hale
“The Portable Mrs. Tillson,” by Whitfield Cook, performed by Laura Grey and Jordan Klepper
“Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen,” by Stephen Leacock, performed by Sonia Manzano

“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 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

“The Trip,” by Bruce Jay Friedman, performed by Santino Fontana and Julie Halston
“Foes,” by Lorrie Moore, performed by Joan Allen and Kyle MacLachlan

“Initials Etched on a Dining Room Table, Lockeport, Nova Scotia,” by Peter Orner, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“Ollie’s Back,” by Lynn Sloan, performed by Nate Corddry
“Light,” by Lesley Nneka Arimah, performed by Crystal Dickinson

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

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

“Paddle to Canada,” by Heather Monley, performed by Jenna Ushkowitz
“A Family,” by Jamel Brinkley, performed by Brandon J. Dirden

Including selections from The Stonewall Reader, edited by The New York Public Library: Stonewall memories from Jayne County, Mark Segal, Lucian Truscott IV, and Holly Woodlawn
“We Did It!” by Perry Brass, performed by Ivory Aquino and Kate Bornstein
“Wedding,” by Gary Eldon Peter, performed by John Benjamin Hickey
“Song for the Kicked Out” (poem), by Kay Ulanday Barrett, performed by Kay Ulanday Barrett

“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
With commentary by Porochista Khakpour and Idra Novey

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

“I Break Everything I Touch,” by James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann
“The Macbeth Murder Mystery,” by James Thurber, performed Michael McKean and Susannah Rogers
“The Tortoise and the Hare,” by James Thurber, performed by Kristine Nielsen
“The Peacelike Mongoose,” by James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann
“The Flaw in the Plan,” by James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann
“The Moth and the Star,” by James Thurber, performed by Susannah Rogers
“Many Moons,” by James Thurber, performed by Michael McKean
Introduction by Roz Chast

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

“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

“My Mother Explains the Ballet to Me,” by Jesse Eisenberg, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Léonide Massine,” by Janet Collins, performed by Carmen de Lavallade
“The Cape,” by Ben Loory, performed by Tony Yazbeck
“Tango,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Tony Shalhoub

My Way of Life (excerpt), by Joan Crawford, performed by Cole Escola
“Crazy They Call Me,” by Zadie Smith, performed by Karen Pittman
“Interview,” by Will Eno, performed by Will Eno
“I Am Narcissus,” by Elizabeth Olmstead, performed by Bebe Neuwirth

“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

“A Wild Swan,” by Michael Cunningham, performed by Valorie Curry
Fox 8 (excerpt) by George Saunders, performed by John Cameron Mitchell

Selections from the anthology The Best of Harvard Lampoon, including works by Jonathan Adler, Patricia Marx, and B.J. Novak, and others, performed by Wyatt Cenac, Michael Emerson, Richard Masur, and Alysia Reiner, among others.

“Prince Amilec,” by Tanith Lee, performed by Gildart Jackson
“Be Mine,” by A.M. Homes, performed by Sanjit De Silva and Adina Verson
“The Idea of Marcel,” by Marie-Helene Bertino, performed by Jenna Ushkowitz

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

“My Last Duchess,” by Robert Browning, performed by John Darnielle
“No More Loves,” by Javier Marías, performed by Molly Ringwald
“When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11 ¼,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Le Miroir,” by Robert Aickman, performed by Kathryn Erbe

“Alarm,” by Aja Gabel, performed by Hettienne Park
“Flower Hunters,” by Lauren Groff, performed by Maria Dizzia
“Tempo,” by R.O. Kwon performed, by Hettienne Park
“Buck Boy” by James McBride, performed by Teagle F. Bougere

“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

“The Luncheon,” by Jeffrey Archer, performed by Jefferson Mays
“Love Is Not A Pie,” by Amy Bloom, performed by Hope Davis

“American Dreams,” by Peter Carey, performed by David Strathairn
“Night Calls,” by Lisa Fugard, performed by Lisa Fugard

“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

“Moses and Gaspar,” by Amparo Dávila, performed by Peter Jay Fernandez
“The Pitch,” by Dennis Etchison, performed by Michael Shannon

“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

“Suburbia!” by Amy Silverberg, performed by Martha Plimpton
“Everything Is Far From Here,” by Cristina Henríquez, performed by Zabryna Guevara

“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

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (excerpt), 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

“The Gold Lunch,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Sean Astin
“The Women,” by Tom Barbash, performed by Michael Imperioli
“The Other Wife,” by Colette, performed by Barbara Barrie

“The Five-Pound Burrito,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Santino Fontana
“Love (or Live Cargo),” by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, performed by Valorie Curry
“OIF,” by Phil Klay, performed by Brandon J. Dirden
“The Tablecloth of Turin,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Edi Gathegi