59 Min Released Jun 15, 2017

“Nothing Good Gets Away”: Readings from Letters of Note

Guest host Jane Curtin presents readings from the blog Letters of Note, including letters by Elvis Presley, Katharine Hepburn, Jack the Ripper, and Queen Elizabeth II, among others.  Readers include Jane Curtin, Kate Mulgrew, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Shamos, and Sam Underwood.  Also, “Hearing from Wayne,” by Bill Franzen read by Jeremy Shamos and “Yma Dream,” by Thomas Meehan, read by James Naughton.

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Spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers take on a new life when they are performed by stars of the stage and screen.

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