The title of today’s story is a mouthful - “To Feel Again the Kind of Love That Hurts Something Terrible” - but trust us, you'll devour every word. It's by the writer Patrick Dacey, author of the novel, The Outer Cape, and a story collection, We’ve Alread

Guest host Kate Burton presents some unusual chillers for Halloween. Edgar Allan Poe is haunted by a childhood memory in Russell Banks’ “The Caul,” performed by Richard Masur. Poe’s eerie “The Raven” is performed by Rene Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Is

Guest host Sonia Manzano presents two stories about identity, appearance, and longing. In Elizabeth Crane’s “Blue Girl,” a young woman learns how to embrace difference. The reader is Valorie Curry. “Different” is certainly how you’d describe the folktale

Guest host LeVar Burton presents a program celebrating the author he calls “potent and polemical.” Christopher Jackson reads an excerpt from Baldwin’s famous letter The Fire Next Time: in “My Dungeon Shook,” he addresses internalized racism. Next, Anthony

Guest host Josh Radnor presents three stories drawn from the world of fables and fairytales, but with a modern twist.

D’Arcy Carden and Baron Vaughn read a hilarious story about an accidental “Reply All."

Guest host Kate Burton presents three stories in translation selected with the international literary organization Words Without Borders.

Guest host David Sedaris presents two stories about quiet times.

Guest host Jane Kaczmarek presents two stories about characters who are a little larger than life.

Guest host Krista Tippett, of On Being, presents short fiction and poems that confront issues of art, faith, and spirituality.