Love on the Rocks
Classes collide in a tale of a mismatched couple, and a boyhood experience changes one man’s experience of love.“…At the University of Bristol in 1972…it was the children of bankers and managing...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: Things Are Not What They Seem
Shame, longing, and passion lie beneath the surface lives of the characters in these three stories. An Irish village with a secret, a genteel woman cloaking her feelings, and powerful emotions...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: Things Are Not What They Seem
An Irish village with a secret, a genteel woman cloaking her feelings, and powerful emotions displaced onto an old piece of furniture. The multi-faceted author Colm Toibin joins SHORTS literary...
View ArticleA Priest in the Family
This reading by Lois Smith of Colm Toibin’s “A Priest in the Family” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “Things Are Not What They Seem,” hosted by Hannah Tinti. This segment includes Tinti’s...
View ArticleWorst Case Scenarios
Shotwell and I watch the console. Shotwell and I live underground and watch the console. If certain events take place upon the console, we are to insert our keys in the appropriate locks and turn our...
View ArticleCharles
This reading by Lois Smith of Shirley Jackson’s “Charles” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “Worst Case Scenarios,” hosted by Hope Davis.
View Article'Marjorie Prime' Depicts a Near-Future with Robot Companions
Award-winning actress Lois Smith and writer Jordan Harrison talk about their critically acclaimed production, “Marjorie Prime.” The play was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist. It's set in the near-future...
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