Alice Cooper, Black Bond, & Saying Goodbye to “Mamma Mia!”
When legendary rocker Alice Cooper moved into a mansion in Connecticut, the locals ran for cover — all except Bette Davis, who asked him to turn the volume up. Also, when the author of the latest James...
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The State Ann Beattie Is In
Ann Beattie is one of America’s foremost masters of the short story. Her first novel, Chilly Scenes of Winter, came out in 1976, followed by a string of short stories in The New Yorker. Her characters...
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Selected Shorts: Great Beginnings
Israeli author Etgar Keret joins literary commentator Hannah Tinti for a look at three stories about strange encounters and new beginnings.Etgar Keret is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. His...
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This reading by Mary Stuart Masterson of Ann Beattie’s “Snow” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “We’re So Excited,” hosted by Hope Davis.
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Oh, the self-indulgent ‘80s, the era of conspicuous consumption, the era that brought us Madonna, and Rubik’s cube, and made the word “like” into verbal punctuation. But it was also the decade in...
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This reading by Jane Kaczmarek of Ann Beattie’s “Where You’ll Find Me” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “Between Meals,” hosted by Robert Sean Leonard.
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Guest host Robert Sean Leonard introduces three stories in which eating and drinking are bound up with family, friends, and various kinds of emotional attachment.Two of these were performed at an...
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