Selected Shorts: Tales of Betrayal: A Celebration of the Short Story

"Not much else beats the pleasure of a great story read aloud. This is the inspiration behind the marvelous Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story at New York City's Symphony Space concert hall." -- "O: The Oprah Magazine"

Best AudioBooks of 2007, AudioFile Magazine

"Stories focusing on betrayal culled from the award-winning NPR series, which features actors reading classic and new short stories at New York City's Symphony Space." --Publishers Weekly

"All of the stories deal with betrayal but in widely varying contexts, giving listeners an eclectic sampling of some excellent short fiction." --Library Journal

Recorded live at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear some of their favorite tales read aloud by an assortment of distinguished actors.  Abraham prepares to slay Isaac; siblings fall in love with the same man; a Thai man hides his secret guilt from his best friend on draft selection day in each betrayal, characters make choices that define their lives and suffer consequences often dire or disquieting. Among this anthology’s features are Tessa Hadley’s "Mother’s Son" read by Shohreh Aghdashloo, Adam Haslett’s "Devotion" read by John Shea, Rattawut Lapcharoensap’s "Draft Day" read by B. D. Wong, and Galina Vromen’s "Sarah’s Story" read by Jane Curtin.