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Readers and Writers

by Walter R. Brooks
Italo Calvino
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"Mr. Pope had rigged up a reading light . . . and the horse read far into the night."

- From Ed Has His Mind Improved by Walter R. Brooks

A boon for booklovers, this set features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word.

Walter R. Brooks' Ed Has His Mind Improved

read by Tony Roberts

How Ed-a talking horse-became a voracious reader of adventure tales and hardboiled detective stories

Italo Calvino's The Adventure of a Reader

translated by William Weaver

read by John Shea

A man tries to make the most of his beach holiday by reading and making love at the same time

Adam Haslett's Notes to My Biographer

read by Isaiah Sheffer

A long-lost father reviews his life on a trip to reconnect with his troubled son

Evelyn Waugh's The Man Who Liked Dickens

read by Leonard Nimoy

A dark, vintage Evelyn Waugh tickler about a stranded jungle explorer forced to read Dickens aloud

Molly Giles' The Writers' Model

read by Blair Brown

What does it mean to be a woman? A group of writers study their subject.

Ray Bradbury's Exchange

read by Rochelle Oliver

A young soldier about to ship out pays a final visit to his childhood library.

Audrey Niffenegger's The Night Bookmobile

read by Christina Pickles

An obsession with a mysterious magical bookmobile.

Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.

"Tony Roberts brings a waggish sense of fun to Walter Brooks's "Ed Has His Mind Improved,". Isaiah Sheffer is dynamic and funny as a manic-depressive inventor in Adam Haslett's "Notes to My Biographer." ...and the best, as is usual with "Selected Shorts," is quite fine. Spontaneous audience reactions enhance the listening experience." -from AudioFile managine

  • Creators

  • Series

    Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 9, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 92248 KB
      • Duration: 03:12:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 29, 2008
      For once, readers outshine writers in this collection. Ray Bradbury's "Exchange," read by Rochelle Oliver, and Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile," read by Christina Pickles, are fantastical homages to the relationship between readers and their librarians. Oliver gives the better performance, especially in her rendition of the precise, caring librarian. Pickles's voice lacks the Chicago flavor so essential to many of Niffenegger's works. The best story, Molly Giles's "The Writers' Model," wryly narrated by Blair Brown, explores the limits of men penning real women's lives. The rest is barely entertaining. Leonard Nimoy is totally out of touch with the British origins of the jungle explorer in Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," though the title character comes across as appropriately crusty and manipulative. Walter R. Brooks's story about a naughty talking and reading horse, Ed, is overly long and puerile, despite Tony Robert's best equine efforts. Fans of this series will be disappointed, and newcomers should start elsewhere.

    • Library Journal

      September 8, 2008
      For once, readers outshine writers in this collection. Ray Bradbury's "Exchange," read by Rochelle Oliver, and Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile," read by Christina Pickles, are fantastical homages to the relationship between readers and their librarians. Oliver gives the better performance, especially in her rendition of the precise, caring librarian. Pickles's voice lacks the Chicago flavor so essential to many of Niffenegger's works. The best story, Molly Giles's "The Writers' Model," wryly narrated by Blair Brown, explores the limits of men penning real women's lives. The rest is barely entertaining. Leonard Nimoy is totally out of touch with the British origins of the jungle explorer in Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," though the title character comes across as appropriately crusty and manipulative. Walter R. Brooks's story about a naughty talking and reading horse, Ed, is overly long and puerile, despite Tony Robert's best equine efforts. Fans of this series will be disappointed, and newcomers should start elsewhere.

      Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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