Guest host Roxane Gay presents three works about considering people and feelings at a distance.  Italian fabulist Italo Calvino observes young love on the slopes in “The Adventure of a Skier,” performed by James Naughton.  In Edwidge Danticat’s “New York Day Women” a daughter watches her mother walking through Manhattan.  The reader is Laurine Towler.  And the James Baldwin grapples with what it means to be an American in "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel," performed by Brandon J. Dirden.

Guest host Roxane Gay presents three works about considering people and feelings at a distance.&nbsp; Italian fabulist Italo Calvino observes young love on the slopes in &ldquo;The Adventure of a Skier,&rdquo; performed by James Naughton.&nbsp; In Edwidge Danticat&rsquo;s &ldquo;New York Day Women&rdquo; a daughter watches her mother walking through Manhattan.&nbsp; The reader is Laurine Towler.&nbsp; And the James Baldwin grapples with what it means to be an American in "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel," performed by Brandon J. Dirden.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday. Produced and distributed by Symphony Space.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday. Produced and distributed by Symphony Space.

Selected Shorts

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

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