Selected Shorts
Past and Future
Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents a show about the past, the future, and how time flies. A young actor recalls critical moments in her childhood in Elizabeth Strout’s “Snow Blind,” read by Melora Hardin. Old schoolmates almost hook up in Joyce Carol Oates’ “August Evening,” read by Sonia Manzano. In our final story, a lifetime goes by in “Half a Day,” by Naguib Mahfooz, read by Bruce Altman.