Guest host Neil Gaiman introduces two American classics. 

Guest host John Lithgow introduces two stories with strong women.

Guest host John Lithgow introduces two stories about compulsion. 

On this show we look, comically and seriously, at readers and writers, with guest host John Lithgow.

Guest host John Lithgow raises the curtain on five comic tales, classic and cutting-edge. 

Zadie Smith turns back time in this story of a memorable chance encounter between two veterans down on their luck. 

Shame, longing, and passion lie beneath the surface lives of the characters in these three stories. 

Today’s program features three stories that explore both the physical spaces we inhabit, and how those spaces are tied to the more mysterious, emotional places in our lives. 

We look at the meaning of the stuff in our lives.

SELECTED SHORTS celebrates its late host and creator Isaiah Sheffer in this special program hosted by Colum McCann.