Thursday, March 24, 2022Episode #12 - James Joyce (Special edition: crossover episode with Get Lit Podcast)
SHORT STORY TODAY and GET LIT, the literary history podcast join forces this week for Reading Ireland Month with crossover episodes devoted to the mig...
Friday, March 18, 2022Episode #11 - Willa Cather
In this episode, the revered American author Willa Cather transports us to the farmlands of Nebraska in the evocative short story, "The Enchanted...
Thursday, March 10, 2022Episode #10 - D. H. Lawrence
The divisive and prolific D. H. Lawrence graces SHORT STORY TODAY this week with the humorous “Rawdon’s Roof,” about a man who, for mysterious reasons...
Friday, March 4, 2022Episode #9 - E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster's short story, "The Road From Colonus," examines the life of an old man during his final holiday in Greece - a trip he has looked forw...
Friday, February 25, 2022Episode #8 - Edith Wharton
In this episode we have some fun with a ghost story by the redoubtable Edith Wharton. In "Miss Mary Pask," an American painter who is trying...
Thursday, February 17, 2022Episode #7 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Part 2)
F. Scott Fitzgerald takes the spotlight this time with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - Part 2. It's a fantastic tale of an unu...
Thursday, February 10, 2022Episode #6 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Part 1)
F. Scott Fitzgerald takes the spotlight this time with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." It's a fantastic tale of an unusual life,...
Thursday, February 3, 2022Episode #5 - Dorothy Parker
In her short story "Such a Pretty Little Picture," the inimitable Dorothy Parker reveals the cracks that are beginning to show in one man's American D...
Thursday, January 27, 2022Episode #4 - A PRESERVATION EPISODE: Virginia Roderick - Iowa Author
In this episode, the first in a series entitled THE PRESERVATION EPISODES, a "lost" short story is resurrected, and listeners will discover...
Friday, January 21, 2022Episode #3 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper (Part 2)
This week's short story is a classic: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It will be presented in two parts. The concl...
Thursday, January 20, 2022Episode #2 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper (Part I)
This week's short story is a classic: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It will be presented in two parts. The concl...
Thursday, January 13, 2022Episode #1 - Katherine Mansfield
The first episode of "Short Story Today" features a story by the New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield, entitled "The Young Girl"...
