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Selected Shorts

Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary fiction read by acclaimed actors.

Thursday, December 26 at 12 p.m.
Tough Love for the Holidays
Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents three ways of looking at the holiday season. "Interview with God," by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, performed by Jayne Atkinson and James Naughton; "The Fir Tree," by Hans Christian Andersen, performed by James Naughton; and "A Present for Big St. Nick," by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Tate Donvan.

Monday, December 30 at 12 p.m. (Also December 28 at 7 a.m.)
Food Fights with Food 52
Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents some comic food fights: "Breadman," by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Kyle MacLachan; and an excerpt from "Heartburn," by Nora Ephron, performed by Joan Allen.

Tuesday, December 31 at 12 p.m. (Also December 29 at 7 a.m.)
I Did it My Way
Guest host Kirsten Vangsness presents four stories of willful independence. An excerpt from Joan Crawford's "My Way of Life," is read by Cole Escola; "Crazy They Call Me," by Zadie Smith, is performed by Karen Pittman; "Interview," by Will Eno, is performed by Eno, and "I am Narcissus," by Elizabeth Olmstead, is performed by Bebe Neuwirth.