Selected Shorts: Surprising Discoveries
Unexpected revelations, emotions, and plot twists in three tales ranging from contemporary to crime classic.In Karen Russell’s “Disco Papa,” a granddaughter learns more about her disco-dancing...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: True Selves/Hidden Selves
Guest host BD Wong introduces three stories about identity.First, Karen Russell’s “Reeling for the Empire,”an eerie take on the issue of exploited workers. It is set during the Meiji era in Japan,...
View ArticleKaren Russell On Balancing Writing, Technology, and Boredom
Sustained periods of solitude. Many writers have said that this is the only way that they can get through the process of writing a book. Yet in our hyper-connected world, with apps that were programmed...
View ArticleReeling for the Empire
This reading by Kaneza Schall of Karen Russell’s “Reeling for the Empire” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “True Selves/Hidden Selves” hosted by BD Wong.
View ArticleTrue Selves/Hidden Selves
Guest host BD Wong introduces three stories about identity. First, Karen Russell’s “Reeling for the Empire,” an eerie take on the issue of exploited workers. It is set during the Meiji era in Japan,...
View ArticleKaren Russell Reads "Orange World"
Karen Russell reads her story "Orange World," from the June 4 & 11, 2018, issue of The New Yorker. Russell is the author of two short-story collections, and the novel "Swamplandia," which was a...
View ArticleLee Child, “Moby-Dick,” and Other Summer Reads
We delve into the escapist joys of a great summer read. David Remnick talks with Lee Child, whose novels about Jack Reacher—twenty-two books and counting, with a hundred million copies in print—bring...
View ArticleLee Child, “Moby-Dick,” and Other Summer Reads
We delve into the escapist joys of a great summer read. David Remnick talks with Lee Child, whose thrillers about Jack Reacher—twenty-three books and counting, with a hundred million copies in...
View ArticleWeeding with Parker Posey
Parker Posey has been a vivid presence in American film, especially indie film, for twenty-five years. She got her start in “Dazed and Confused,” and went on to appear in dozens of movies, including...
View ArticleKaren Russell
I wanted to read a masterpiece but this is just a book.Karen Russell is the author of Orange World and other books. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship and lives in...
View ArticleKaren Russell Reads “The Ghost Birds”
Karen Russell reads her story “The Ghost Birds,” from the October 11, 2021, issue of the magazine. Russell is the author of five books of fiction, including the story collection “Orange World,” which...
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