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Thalia Book Club: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: Robin Desser, Francesca Choy-Kee
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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The author of the critically acclaimed Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus presents her newest novel Americanah, a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria facing challenges in the countries they come to call home.
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Thalia Book Club: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
- Narrated by: Robin Desser, Francesca Choy-Kee
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 17-02-2014
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children'
- By: Claire Messud
- Narrated by: Valerie Martin, Hope Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Claire Messud discusses her New York Times Best Book of 2006 with fellow novelist Valerie Martin. The Emperor's Children is a brilliant contemporary novel of manners that puts under a magnifying glass the flawed ambitions of three college friends on the verge of their 30s, trying to make a place for themselves in New York. To set the tone for this enticing discussion, actress Hope Davis reads an excerpt from the book.
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Thalia Book Club: Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children'
- Narrated by: Valerie Martin, Hope Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-02-2008
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- Falling in Love
- By: Rick Bass, Padgett Powell, Laurie Colwin, and others
- Narrated by: Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Hope Davis, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Selected Shorts: Falling in Love presents a collection of stirring tales of love and longing. Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.
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Selected Shorts
- Falling in Love
- Narrated by: Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Hope Davis, Jane Curtin, Fionnula Flanagan, William Hurt
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-10-2006
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Brian Jacques' Redwall Series
- By: Brian Jacques
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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A rollicking conversation between British author Brian Jacques and Jon Scieszka about the newest installment in Jacques' beloved Redwall series, Eulalia!. Redwall's heroes are peace-loving mice, moles, shrews, squirrels, and their friends who exhibit human characteristics in a medieval setting. They face the dark side of the animal world, represented by rats, weasels, stoats, foxes, and their villain allies, in the day-to-day struggle of good versus evil.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Brian Jacques' Redwall Series
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-08-2008
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
- By: Aimee Bender
- Narrated by: Lillo Way
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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The author of An Invisible Sign of My Own, whose work has been presented at Selected Shorts performances, discusses her second novel, a lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. She is interviewed by Heidi Julavits (novelist and co-editor of The Believer). A selection is performed by Lillo Way.
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Thalia Book Club: Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
- Narrated by: Lillo Way
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-03-2011
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster with Author Kaye Gibbons
- By: Kaye Gibbons
- Narrated by: Elissa Schappell, Andrea Marcovicci
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Kaye Gibbons talks about her long awaited sequel to the beloved favorite Ellen Foster. Interviewed by Elissa Schappell. Selections read by Andrea Marcovicci.
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Thalia Book Club: The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster with Author Kaye Gibbons
- Narrated by: Elissa Schappell, Andrea Marcovicci
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-05-2006
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- For Better and for Worse
- By: Sherman Alexie, Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen E. Bender, and others
- Narrated by: Keir Dullea, Joanna Gleason, Joanne Woodward, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves, read by actors Frances Sternhagen, Robert Sean Leonard, Keir Dullea, Joanna Gleason, Harold Gould and Joanne Woodward. A native couple's rocky college love affair lasts a lifetime in Do You Know Where I Am by Sherman Alexie. In Karen E. Bender's Eternal Love, a mother nervously chaperones her retarded daughter's honeymoon.
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- For Better and for Worse
- Narrated by: Keir Dullea, Joanna Gleason, Joanne Woodward, Frances Sternhagen, Robert Sean Leonard, Harold Gould
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-11-2008
- Language: English
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Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep
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- By: Jonathan Lethem, Judith Freeman, Rich Cohen
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Chandler's dark first novel is full of endlessly inventive wordplay, with the wry, cynical, private detective Philip Marlowe. Join the investigation with Jonathan Lethem ( Gun, With Occasional Music and Fortress of Solitude), Judith Freeman ( The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and The Woman He Loved), and Rich Cohen ( Sweet and Low: A Family Story) as they compare notes on Chandler's grand style, its place in the mystery canon, and its influence on their work.
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Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep
- Thalia Book Club
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 15-04-2009
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: On Beauty with Author Zadie Smith
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Laura Miller
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Author Zadie Smith discusses her much-anticipated third novel, On Beauty. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, the novel follows the chain of events when the son of a liberal British academic family falls in love with the daughter of an American right-wing icon. A brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, and the intersection of the personal and political, the book is also very funny indeed. Interviewed by Laura Miller of salon.com.
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Thalia Book Club: On Beauty with Author Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Laura Miller
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-05-2006
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pseudonymous Bosch's This Isn't What It Looks Like
- By: Pseudonymous Bosch
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The mysterious author of the New York Times best-selling book The Name of This Book is Secret, as well as the other dangerous and daring adventures in the hugely popular The Secret series makes a rare appearance to talk with Matthew Cody ( Powerless) about the latest installment. Performance playlist: Reading by the Author followed by a conversation with Pseudonymous Bosch and Matthew Cody.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pseudonymous Bosch's This Isn't What It Looks Like
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-03-2011
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- Baseball!
- By: John Updike, T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Jack Davidson, Fritz Weaver
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The readings are recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.
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Selected Shorts
- Baseball!
- Narrated by: Jack Davidson, Fritz Weaver
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 12-04-2006
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
- By: Roger Angell
- Narrated by: Mark Singer
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Beloved author Roger Angell discusses his memoir, which includes reflections on his family and growing up that have recently appeared in The New Yorker, with Mark Singer, staff writer for The New Yorker.
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Thalia Book Club: Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
- Narrated by: Mark Singer
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 29-09-2006
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Richard Ford's 'The Sportswriter', 'Independence Day', and 'The Lay of the Land'
- By: Richard Ford
- Narrated by: Isaiah Sheffer, David Strathairn
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks candidly about his celebrated trilogy of novels, and his approach to writing the character of Frank Bascombe over 20-plus years, overthrowing some of his readers' assumptions in the course of the conversation. Symphony Space Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer interviews Mr. Ford, whose "pitch-perfect voice takes us as close as we can get to experiencing another person's inner life" ( Newsweek).
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Thalia Book Club: Richard Ford's 'The Sportswriter', 'Independence Day', and 'The Lay of the Land'
- Narrated by: Isaiah Sheffer, David Strathairn
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Release date: 27-02-2008
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts: Covered
- By: Julia Slavin
- Narrated by: Alec Baldwin
- Length: 23 mins
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Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 130 stations to about 300,000 listeners. It is produced by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio and distributed by Public Radio International. The radio show is recorded live at the popular New York City stage show which began in 1985 and still enjoys sell-out audiences today at the Peter Sharp Theater at Symphony Space on Broadway and 95th Street in New York City. Selected Shorts is one of the premiere reading series in New York City.
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Selected Shorts: Covered
- Narrated by: Alec Baldwin
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2012
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pam Muñoz Ryan’s The Dreamer
- By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Rita Wolf
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The award-winning author of Esperanza Rising talks about her stunning new book, a fictional biography of Pablo Neruda's younger years that combines elements of magical realism with poetry, history and literary fiction. This inspirational book beautifully depicts how the awkward, shy, imaginative Chilean schoolboy Neftali Reyes, mesmerized by the natural world, became the world-renowned poet Pablo Neruda. Rita Wolf will perform an excerpt from the novel.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Pam Muñoz Ryan’s The Dreamer
- Narrated by: Rita Wolf
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-03-2011
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: Thomas Mallon's Yours Ever and John Freeman's The Tyranny of E-mail
- By: Thomas Mallon, John Freeman
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Novelist and essayist Mallon talks with Freeman, critic and American editor of Granta, about the great, lost art of letter writing and the current frenzy of electronic messaging. A discussion with the audience ensues.
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Thalia Book Club: Thomas Mallon's Yours Ever and John Freeman's The Tyranny of E-mail
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 16-03-2010
- Language: English
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Thalia Book Club: All Aunt Hagar's Children - Stories by Edward P. Jones
- By: Edward P. Jones
- Narrated by: Wyatt Mason, Carmen de Lavallade
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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In 14 sublime stories, Edward P. Jones turns an unflinching eye to the ordinary citizens of Washington, DC: men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones' cornucopia of characters will haunt the reader for years to come.
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Thalia Book Club: All Aunt Hagar's Children - Stories by Edward P. Jones
- Narrated by: Wyatt Mason, Carmen de Lavallade
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 29-09-2006
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Zombies vs. Unicorns
- By: Libba Bray, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Maureen Johnson, and others
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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An all-star line-up of children’s book authors, including Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier, Libba Bray, and Maureen Johnson, debate the question, “Which are better: zombies or unicorns?”
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Zombies vs. Unicorns
- Narrated by: Symphony Space
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-03-2011
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- Family Matters
- By: Shirley Jackson, Frank O'Connor, Toure, and others
- Narrated by: Lois Smith, Malachy McCourt, Daniel Alexander Jones, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families, many depicted from a kid's-eye-view, are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the pre-emptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more!
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- Family Matters
- Narrated by: Lois Smith, Malachy McCourt, Daniel Alexander Jones, Linda Lavin, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Sean Leonard, B. D. Wong
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2007
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- Edith Wharton
- By: Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant, Maria Tucci, Brenda Wehle, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story has toured to the Mount, the stately and elegant home of the great American writer Edith Wharton, for the last several summers, presenting Broadway and Hollywood actors reading stories by Wharton and other writers. Selected Shorts now presents a collection of four of Edith Wharton's short stories, recorded live at the Mount, and featuring acclaimed actresses Kathleen Chalfant, Christina Pickles, Maria Tucci, and Brenda Wehle.
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- Edith Wharton
- Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant, Maria Tucci, Brenda Wehle, Christina Pickles
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-07-2006
- Language: English
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