Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works that contemplate a way outof our lives, and even of this world. In Joe Menos Books You Read, performed by Joan Allen, a young boy helps his jaded teacher to

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works that offer unusual perspectives on clothes and fashionselling, making, and coveting. In Anne Enrights (She Owns) Everything, read by Mary-Louise Parker, a s

Host Meg Wolitzer shares three stories about people who put things out of sightand try to put them out of mind. In Lisa Kos Nightlife, read by Vanessa Kai, a pair of friends quietly sidestep feeli

In this bonus conversation, host Meg Wolitzer talks to friend and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout about writing, short stories, and the use of recurring characters in her work.

Guest host David Sedaris offers three stories that question social rites. Cultural Relativity is Charles Johnsons witty retelling of a classic fairy tale; its read by Regina King. Zadie Smith re

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about change. A playful fantasy, a domestic dilemma, and a private struggle help us to adjust to the idea of transformation, losses, and gains.  In “Sea Monster,” by Seth Fried, performed by Natasha Rothwell, a hus

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about change. A playful fantasy, a domestic dilemma, and a private struggle help us to adjust to the idea of transformation, losses, and gains.  In “Sea Monste

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about the act of writing and how it can remake us--a prankish skit; a playful and tender investigation of creating with words; and a fraught social encounter b

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about the act of writing and how it can remake us--a prankish skit; a playful and tender investigation of creating with words; and a fraught social encounter between two characters who don’t ‘get’ each other’s stor

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three diverse stories that look at what gets left behind when life changes, gradually or suddenly. Restless retirees try on the ultimate next step in Greg Ames’ funny “Funeral Platter,” performed by Michael McKean and Annette O’