On this SELECTED SHORTS, we celebrate Memorial Day. Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories that feature men in uniform, codes of honor, and how conflicts can sometime lead to connection. Maile Meloy

Host Meg Wolitzer presents four stories in which characters give, and get, a little assistance, from friends, strangers and family. A daughter copes with a cantankerous parent in How to Take Dad to t

Host Meg Wolitzer presents our annual celebration of this important collection. This years show features a pick by 2022 Best American guest editor Andrew Sean Greer, The Little Widow from the Capit

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about selves obscured and revealed, by characters whose own identities are mysteries to them. In Aimee Benders Un-Selfie, a woman reveals her extraordinary pa

Actress Holly Hunter reads Erin Somer's short story "Ten Year Affair."

Host Meg Wolitzer presents stories chosen by On the Medias Brooke Gladstone. Gladstone was our guest for a live Selected Shorts event in which all the stories explore the theme of tales we tell ourse

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about secret spaces, and what they represent. In N.K. Jemisins speculative fantasy Elevator Dancer a security guard in a totalitarian regime is beguiled by an ac

Meg Wolitzer presents three provocative works about rituals that reshape and define their characters. In oh she gotta head fulla hair, by Ntozake Shange, a womans attention to her hair consumes he

Host Meg Wolitzer shares our tribute to the influential and outspoken New Yorker Grace Paley, who would have turned 100 in 2022. Her emphasis on friends, family, and doing the right thing are evident

On this show, host Meg Wolitzer gets friendly, and shares three stories about friendships of all kinds. Kelly Stouts zinger Lets Get Drinks, offers up the perils of conducting a social life via h