Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about objects of love, and feelings that can't be returned, for very different reasons. In “A Love Letter” by Greg Ames, a boy falls head over heels in a crosswa

Meg Wolitzer presents four works drawn from an evening of satirical stories about American political history, hosted by Andy Borowitz. Nothing is sacred. First, Joe Yan imagines Abraham Lincoln, huc

Host Meg Wolitzer talks with political satirist and author Andy Borowitz in this bonus interview.

Rarely do we devote one show to just one writer, but on this Selected Shorts, we turn the show over to universally beloved author George Saunders. Saunders somehow finds the good, or at any rate the i

Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about the tricky subject of envy that question whether the grass is in fact always greener somewhere else. In Alexandra Petris Seneca Falls for You, feminist El

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories with surprises the characters didnt anticipate. A smart Mom defies expectations in Agouti, by Brenda Williams, performed by Laurine Towler. And a smart house has

Meg Wolitzer presents two favorite Selected Shorts works in which food and nourishment figure both literally and symbolically. The narrator of Haruki Murakamis The Year of Spaghetti seems to be ju

Meg Wolitzer presents a show of stories about replacements and stand-ins. While we tend to crave the original, sometimes a substitute can bring more happiness than the real thing. In Steve Almond

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about unexpected guests. In Carlos Greaves A Visit from the Tune Squad, a procrastinating writer gets a surprise intervention, in performances by Santino Fontana,

Meg Wolitzer presents a show of stories about our need to have proof of lovesome demonstration by those nearest and dearest of exactly how much they care. A lot, in Etgar Kerets sweetly improbabl