Selected Shorts: The William Hurt Collection

Recorded live at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear some of their favorite tales read aloud by an assortment of distinguished actors. From a Bosnian man's struggle to make a new life in America to a teenage boy's relationship with his single mother and her new boyfriend against the background of the stark Montana landscape—this collection of poignant, romantic, and funny tales is performed entirely by the Academy Award–winning actor William Hurt. Featured stories include Ron Carlson's "Towel Season," Richard Ford's "Communist," Aleksandar Hemon's "Blind Josef Pronek," and Tobias Wolff's "Nightingale." The CD also includes an interview with William Hurt.