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    <description><![CDATA[It's story time for adults with PRI's award-winning series of short fiction read by the stars of stage and screen. Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC and on tour. A co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio.]]></description>
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      <title>Rebel Yiddish Writers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first two stories are by Yiddish writers who rebelled against the traditional description of much of modern Yiddish literature&mdash;realistic, sentimental, and nostalgic elegies of the European shtetl and passions of the immigrant-filled Lower East Side.  Moishe Nadir was a Greenwich Village bohemian and modernist, though "My First Love," read by John Shea, is a fairly realistic picture of lovelorn youth in a small Russian village.   Sholem Asch was considered scandalous for writing a novel about Jesus.  This less radical tale, "A Quiet Garden Spot," reflects on the erosion of memory and affection in one family.  The reader is Laura Esterman.  In the third story, "Job's Jobs," Amy Bender uses a biblical reference to frame her tale of an artist's vexing struggles. The reader is Anjelica Huston.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first two stories are by Yiddish writers who rebelled against the traditional description of much of modern Yiddish literature&mdash;realistic, sentimental, and nostalgic elegies of the European shtetl and passions of the immigrant-filled Lower East Side.  Moishe Nadir was a Greenwich Village bohemian and modernist, though "My First Love," read by John Shea, is a fairly realistic picture of lovelorn youth in a small Russian village.   Sholem Asch was considered scandalous for writing a novel about Jesus.  This less radical tale, "A Quiet Garden Spot," reflects on the erosion of memory and affection in one family.  The reader is Laura Esterman.  In the third story, "Job's Jobs," Amy Bender uses a biblical reference to frame her tale of an artist's vexing struggles. The reader is Anjelica Huston.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tales that Surprise</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The heroine of Amy Hempel's road trip tale, "Jesus is Waiting," is working through a personal crisis by driving endlessly on America's Interstate highways and turnpikes.  The reader is Mary Stuart Masterson.  Second, graphic novelist Shaun Tan gives us a glimpse of a world within a world in "No Other Country," read by Campbell Scott.  Our Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Writing Contest winner last year was Daniela Maristany; her story "Swimmers" is a touching snapshot of family life.  Our final story, "Number 10," is a haunting work by Edna O'Brien in which a husband and wife sleepwalk, or dream-travel, to a very special address. 
The reader is Marian Seldes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:27:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The heroine of Amy Hempel's road trip tale, "Jesus is Waiting," is working through a personal crisis by driving endlessly on America's Interstate highways and turnpikes.  The reader is Mary Stuart Masterson.  Second, graphic novelist Shaun Tan gives us a glimpse of a world within a world in "No Other Country," read by Campbell Scott.  Our Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Writing Contest winner last year was Daniela Maristany; her story "Swimmers" is a touching snapshot of family life.  Our final story, "Number 10," is a haunting work by Edna O'Brien in which a husband and wife sleepwalk, or dream-travel, to a very special address. 
The reader is Marian Seldes.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tales from the Great Epics</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This program features powerful narratives drawn from Homer's Iliad and the "Inferno" section of Dante Aleghieri's Divine Comedy. First, Stephen Lang reads "The Death of Hector," followed by  
Phylicia Rashad's rendering of Cantos IV and V of the "Inferno," in which the poet/guide Virgil leads Dante through the outer circles of Hell, and introduces him to the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca.  The third story is derived from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.  Paul West's "Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale," is a short but compelling meditation in the voice of the great whale, voiced by Diane Venora.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:47:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.selectedshorts.org/</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This program features powerful narratives drawn from Homer's Iliad and the "Inferno" section of Dante Aleghieri's Divine Comedy. First, Stephen Lang reads "The Death of Hector," followed by  
Phylicia Rashad's rendering of Cantos IV and V of the "Inferno," in which the poet/guide Virgil leads Dante through the outer circles of Hell, and introduces him to the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca.  The third story is derived from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.  Paul West's "Captain Ahab, A Novel by the White Whale," is a short but compelling meditation in the voice of the great whale, voiced by Diane Venora.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Women on the Move</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This program features three stories about women in transition&mdash;geographically, morally, or emotionally. Shereen Pandit's "She Shall Not  Be Moved" features a political exile who experiences a crisis of conscience during an incident on a London bus.  The reader is Rita Wolf.  The program's second story, Andrea's Levy's "Loose Change," also takes place in London, and involves ?migr?s from different worlds.  The story is read by Eve Best.  Back in America, Molly Giles' whimsical story "Pie Dance," features an odd m?nage.  A woman, her former husband, his current wife, and the family dog are the principal characters in this little domestic comedy.  The reader Kate Burton.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:13:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This program features three stories about women in transition&mdash;geographically, morally, or emotionally. Shereen Pandit's "She Shall Not  Be Moved" features a political exile who experiences a crisis of conscience during an incident on a London bus.  The reader is Rita Wolf.  The program's second story, Andrea's Levy's "Loose Change," also takes place in London, and involves ?migr?s from different worlds.  The story is read by Eve Best.  Back in America, Molly Giles' whimsical story "Pie Dance," features an odd m?nage.  A woman, her former husband, his current wife, and the family dog are the principal characters in this little domestic comedy.  The reader Kate Burton.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>Symphony Space PRI WNYC short stories Shereen Pandit Rita Wolf ,PRI,Public Radio International,Selected Shorts,Minneapolis,</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>A Tale of Terror</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This entire program is given over to a sensational psychological ghost story, "The Bees," by Dan Chaon, author of the critically acclaimed novel, Await Your Reply. The story comes from the world in between nightmare and reality, and was inspired by the idea of exploring secrets in a marriage.  The reader is four-time Tony Award-winner Boyd Gaines.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:53:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.selectedshorts.org/</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This entire program is given over to a sensational psychological ghost story, "The Bees," by Dan Chaon, author of the critically acclaimed novel, Await Your Reply. The story comes from the world in between nightmare and reality, and was inspired by the idea of exploring secrets in a marriage.  The reader is four-time Tony Award-winner Boyd Gaines.]]></itunes:summary>
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