From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.

"T. Coraghessan Boyle's ""The Lie"" Performed by Stephen Colbert, Jonathan Lethem's ""The Spray"" Performed by Robert Sean Leonard, Miranda July's ""The Swim Team"" Performed by Parker Posey, Saki's ""The Schartz-Metterklume Method"" Performed by Marian Seldes, Harry Mathews' ""Country Cooking from Central France: Roast Boned Rolled Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb (Farce Double)"" Performed by Isaiah Sheffer, Thomas Meehan's ""Yma Dream"" Performed by Christine Baranski, Julia Slavin's ""Covered"" Performed by Alec Baldwin,
Philip Roth's ""The Conversion of the Jews"" Performed by Jerry Zaks"

Presented by Selected Shorts