Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs on public radio nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear some of their favorite tales read aloud by distinguished actors. Full of funny, fantastical, and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word, this set will have a particular resonance with those who favor books. Among the stories are Ray Bradbury's "Exchange," read by Rochelle Oliver; Walter R. Brooks' "Ed Has His Mind Improved," read by Tony Roberts; Italo Calvino's "The Adventure of a Reader," translated by William Weaver and read by John Shea; Molly Giles' "The Writers' Model," read by Blair Brown; Adam Haslett's "Notes to My Biographer," read by Isaiah Sheffer; Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile," read by Christina Pickles; and Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," read by Leonard Nimoy. Symphony Space is a performing arts center based in New York City that fosters artistically and culturally diverse performing arts, literary, and film programs that bring artists and audiences together in an atmosphere of exploration and intimacy. This organization reaches audiences throughout New York City, the wider metropolitan area, and—through distribution of programs via media such as radio, recordings, podcasts, and touring—the nation. Used Book in Good Condition