Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations, young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun.

Teolinda Gersão "The Red Fox Fur Coat" translated by Margaret Jull Costa performed by Kathleen Chalfant, Kim Edwards' "The Story of My Life" performed by Holly Hunter, Allan Gurganus' "It Had Wings" performed by Marian Seldes, Richard Russo's "The Whore's Child" performed by Harold Gould, David Haynes' "Taking Miss Kezee to the Polls" performed by Michael Genet, D.H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" performed by Jon DeVries

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