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11:43
Something is A Breast

by Joyce Maynard

A woman details her evolving relationship with her breasts.

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12:03
The Rocket's Red Glare

by Leonard Lopate

A fireworks display forever changes the lives of a young couple.

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16:51
Higher Powers

by Lee Stringer

A writer seeks forgiveness from a drinking buddy.

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13:34
The Refugees

by Andrew Solomon

A survivor of the Pol Pot's death squads teaches an American to handle depression.

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11:16
Poitier and Brando, Mississippi, 1964

by Bob Zellner

White southerner Bob Zellner reflects on being an ally during the Civil Rights Movement.

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20:21
President Clinton and the Egg Timer

by Mark Katz

A political speechwriter risks his job for a joke.

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12:19
Father Joe

by Tony Hendra

An inspirational monk causes a young man to choose the spiritual path, only to find years later that what connected them was a biting sense of humor.

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14:42
Liberty Card

by Marvin Gelfand

An immigrant child finds independence in the world of books.

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09:23
I Never Saw His Face

by Nancy Finton

A woman walking alone at night faces her worst fears.

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11:48
Alternate Ithaca Tom

by Tom Weiser

Dreams of what might have been plague a man during a road trip.

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12:51
Aloha

by Tamara Jenkins

A woman flies cross country to help the aging father she hasn't seen in 18 years.

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10:01
Sing Sing Tattoo

by Ted Conover

An inmate’s tattoo intrigues a prison guard.

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12:00
The One Good Man

by Joyce Maynard

An author who treasures the art of letter-writing is spellbound by an inmate who becomes a pen pal.

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16:01
Breaking Up in the Age of Google

by Jessi Klein

A difficult break-up lures a young woman into a digital vortex.

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11:36
Between The Lines

by Sheri Holman

A woman remembers visiting her two mysterious aunts as a child.

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09:16
Mistaken Divinity

by Christopher Hitchens

A man is deified in Ceylon.

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13:36
The Undertaker's Daughter

by Jeffery Rudell

A teenage boy’s reaction to a dead body causes him to ask some tough questions.

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15:04
Rookie Reporter

by Lewis Lapham

Scandal, vice and magnificent hypocrisy: the truth about the press in 1950s America, as seen by a wide-eyed cub reporter.

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12:31
Kicking The Horse

by Jerry Stahl

Attempting to quit heroin by using crack is a messy business.

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13:28
The Negative Thinker

by Vincent Patrick

A door-to-door bible salesman, circa 1953, shares sales tactics.

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