Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I recently listened to this. It has the following stories, including my MOST FAVORITE EVER!!! Listen to it, and laugh. A lot.

Yma Dream by Thomas Meehan (MY FAVORITE!!)
Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
The Fix by Percival Everett
The H Street Sledding Record by Ron Carlson (This would be my second favorite from this collection.)
The Third and Final Continent by Jhumpa Lahiri
Valor by Richard Bausch
Enough by Alice McDermott

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Falling In Love


I listened to this collection of "Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story" while doing chores.  One story was about equal to one room.  When we were in NJ and devotees of WNYC, we listened to Selected Shorts every Sunday morning.  We just recently found it broadcast here in Columbus, and are so excited to have it again.  Check it out wherever you are and enjoy the readings.  

This particular collection was called "Falling in Love" and included:

"Fires" by Rick Bass
"The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping" by Padgett Powell
"The Lone Pilgrim" by Laurie Colwin
"Melisande" by E. Nesbit (and read by Jane Curtain.  My boys listened to and really enjoyed this one with me.)
"Violets" by Edna O'Brien
"Travis, B."  by Maile Maloy

Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors.  The readings are recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City.  The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radion stations nationwide.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Just After Sunset


This is Stephen King's latest book of short stories. I am not a great fan of short stories, in general I can't connect with the characters in that amount of time, but.... I did appreciated this book. There were several stories that I did like, "N" being one of them. It was the longest also. Several that I didn't like, they just seemed depressing to me. Could have been me also, I tend to find that I have to be in the mood for my friend Stepehn or he depressed me. If you like Stephen King read it, if you have never read him?????? I wouldn't read this one to begin with.