Last Friday, One Story hosted our annual benefit at The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn. About 500 people came, and to get upstairs to the party, our guests took a ride on this amazing freight elevator, designed by the artist Giuseppe Stampone. Stampone turned the space into a unique art piece, using quotes from Dante’s […]
We’ve got 3 great stories by women writers this week on Selected Shorts: “She Shall Not Be Moved” by Shereen Pandit, performed by Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette); “Loose Change” by Andrea Levy, performed by Eve Best (Nurse Jackie); and “Pie Dance” by Molly Giles, performed by Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy). For your time/station, go […]
This weekend on Selected Shorts, we have two stories by the immensely talented Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, read by actresses Anika Noni Rose and Laurine Towler. “New York Day Women” is from Danticat’s collection, Krik? Krak! and “Claire of the Sea Light” is from the anthology Haiti Noir, which Danticat edited and has recently been published by […]
This weekend on Selected Shorts, we count the ways we love Dan Chaon. I don’t think there is anyone out there more beloved by his students or more admired by his fellow writers. He’s not only an amazingly talented wordsmith, he is also kind, as well as outrageously talented at speaking in front of a crowd. The first […]
This weekend Selected Shorts features three stories by French writers: “A Parisian Affair” by Guy de Maupassant, performed by Rene Auberjonois (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), “Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow” by Faiza Guene, performed by Sonia Manzano (Sesame Street), & “The Secret of the Old Music” by Auguste de Villiers de l’Isle Adam, performed by Philippe […]
I won’t be on this weekend’s edition of Selected Shorts (it was recorded B.H.T.–Before Hannah Tinti) but you should still listen in! There are amazing stories to hear: “Just a little One” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Dana Ivey (Boardwalk Empire); “The Spray” by Jonathan Lethem, performed by Robert Sean Leonard (House). “The Swim Team” by […]
Two years ago I went to Germany for the first time to promote the publication of Die Linke Hand (The Left Hand)–a German edition of The Good Thief. In Munich, I saw this giant glockenspiel–an amazing animated clock that played out scenes from Bavarian history, including a joust and a dance called the Schäfflerstanz (to celebrate […]
This weekend’s Selected Shorts features stories chosen by Colum McCann, who won the 2009 National Book Award with his novel Let the Great World Spin, a stunning portrait of New York City set in the summer of 1974, when Philippe Petit crossed between the two towers of the World Trade Center on a tightrope. Colum […]
“I would have liked to be a homicide detective, much more than a writer. Of that I’m absolutely sure. Someone who could go back alone, at night, to the scene of the crime, and not be afraid of ghosts.” –Roberto Bolaño Last spring, I was lucky enough to spend some time in Barcelona with Jorge Herralde, […]
I’m at the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Conference in DC this week, where I participated in a fun panel with BJ Hollars, Bryan Furness, Scott Francis & Laura van den Berg called “Things That Go Bump When You Write: Monsters, Myths & the Supernatural in Literary Fiction.” We talked about Goat Men, Zombies, Dwarves and the […]