Category: Selected Shorts

When we were kids my siblings and I were big fans of Star Trek–we followed the re-runs of the show religiously, and all had our favorite characters. My sister liked the daredevil Kirk, my brother fantasized about Uhura. But I was in love with Spock. Each week I watched him mind-melding with aliens, scientifically dissecting other people’s emotions […]

This weekend on Selected Shorts, we’ll be featuring two great stories: “Going to the Dogs” by Richard Ford, from his collection Rock Springs, and “Liliana” from Maile Meloy’s  Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It. “Liliana” is performed by James Naughton, “Going to the Dogs” by our own Isaiah Sheffer. Maile Meloy joins […]