Short stories.
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Inland ice / Erik Bauersfeld.
Dramatic recreation of the experiences of the fourth Thule expedition which explored Greenland. Knudd Rasmussen was accompanied by botanist Thorild Wulff. Wolff became ill and was abandoned (an act which haunted Rasmussen for the rest of his life). Here is a look at many aspects of Rasmussen’s life, from the expedition, to a courtroom, a…
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The Death of Ruth Tuck / produced by Scott Carrier and Ken Larsen.
A fictionalized ethnography which explores how we handle death. Composed of a series of dramatically produced interviews which people involved in a specific death: the pathologist, the divorced husband, an old friend, an estranged daughter, and so on, right up to the gravedigger.|THE DEATH OF RUTH TUCK / produced by Scott Carrier and Ken Larsen.…
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Nightvoices / produced by Rick Harris ; directed by Joseph Chaikin.
Creative work among actors who shift from ensemble to duos to monologues in order to tell a series of stories in scenes and vignettes which evoke the common feelings of that transition between consciousness and sleep. The program uses comedy, anger, poetry, music and improvisation. |R.1. Insomnia — r.2. Patterns.
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By his bootstraps / by Robert A. Heinlein ; adapted and produced by Yuri Rasovsky ; featuring Richard Dreyfuss.
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Haircut / by Ring Lardner ; produced by David Ossman and Leo Lee.
Adaptation of the Ring Lardner short story “Haircut.” The story takes place at two levels. One is a barbershop in a small midwestern town several years ago, as a new fellow gets his hair cut with the regulars telling stories. The stories revolve around a recently deceased joker–which leader to the second level. The new…
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O-boy-o-boy-o / produced by Tom Lopez and Leo Lee.
Radio story set in the future where social workers swap stories (the big difference being their role as “editors” of personalities rather than counseling). Anyone who is labeled anti-social gets edited, with their previous personality eliminated. One of the social workers begins unauthorized editing, and creates a series of characters who behave according to his…
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The Assassination of light : modern Saudi short stories / translated by Abu Bakr Bagader and Ava Molner Heinrichsdorff ; produced by Diane James.
Readings from an English translation of a collection of Arabic short stories. |r.1. Auntie Reqayyan’s news : an elderly woman watches life from her window and gossips about her neighbors / Muhammad Ali Rida Quddus (11:45) ; Ali the teacher : a native schoolteacher is tempted to marry and leave his mother / by Fouad…
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The Most dangerous game / by Richard Connell.
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Silent snow, secret snow / by Conrad Aiken ; read by Dudley Knight.
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Major Contemporary Writers: Donald Barthelme / interviewed by Charles Ruas andJudith Sherman
Author reads and discusses selections from several of his novels and short stories. Program 1: Donald Barthelme reads selections from his latest novel, The Dead Father, and his uncollected stories (Bought a Little City, The Great Hug, The Agreement, Nothing: A Preliminary Account). In the interview with Judith Sherman and Charles Ruas, Donald Barthelme discusses…