On this SELECTED SHORTS, hosted by Jane Kaczmarek, we explore hidden emotions.

Writer ZZ Packer is best known for her excellent 2003 collection of short stories, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, which saw its stories published in venues including The New Yorker (where she was launched as a debut writer). Packer's stories have appeared in

Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents three stories about curious courtships.

  Guest host Josh Radnor presents two stories that are favorites of novelist and screenwriter Richard Price ("Lush Life," "The Wire") and Colson Whitehead remembers his personal New York. Maggie Gyllenhaal reads Isaac Babel’s tale of local crime and poli

On Being's Krista Tippett hosts SELECTED SHORTS this week, presenting works that look at issues of art and faith.

Guest host Denis O’Hare presents a program that features great two-hander stories, each performed by a pair of actors that brings out the best in them.

Comedian David Cross reads Etgar Keret's story "Jet Lag."

Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents stories about transgression, misunderstandings, and betrayal.

Guest host Sonia Manzano presents love the modern way in two stories and a selection of posts to OK Cupid.

Guest host David Sedaris presents two ruefully funny stories.