Audiobooks Narrated by Jerry Zaks

Even More Laughs

"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."

Hary Mathews, Jonathan Lethem, Julia Slavin, Miranda July, Philip Roth, Saki, Thomas Meehan (Author), Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Isaiah Sheffer, Jerry Zaks, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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A Touch of Magic

"By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element. - Andrew Lam's 'The Palmist', performed by James Naughton. A chance encounter on a bus between a fortune-teller and a teenage boy. - W. W. Jacobs' 'The Monkey's Paw', performed by John Lithgow. A wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers. - Saki's 'The Occasional Garden', performed by Daniel Gerroll. If you can't grow a garden; poof! - you can rent one. - Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon', performed by Maria Tucci. There's something suddenly in the sky in midtown Manhattan.... - Kevin Brockmeier's 'The Year of Silence', performed by Anthony Rapp. What if everything went quiet? - Jonathan Safran Foer's 'The Sixth Borough', performed by Jerry Zaks. Yes, New York had a Sixth Borough, but it drifted away.... - Aimee Bender's 'Drunken Mimi', performed by Bernadette Quigley. A romance between a mermaid and an imp. - Haruki Murakami's 'The Little Green Monster', performed by Dana Ivey. A piece of Murakami magic: Is this a monster I see before me?"

Aimee Bender, Andrew Lam, Donald Barthelme, Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Saki, W.W. Jacobs (Author), Anthony Rapp, Bernadette Quigley, Dana Ivey, Daniel Gerroll, James Naughton, Jerry Zaks, John Lithgow, Maria Tucci, Rene Auberjonois (Narrator)

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Baseball!

"A compilation, featuring more than three hours of some of the greatest short stories of all time, brought to life by distinguished stage and screen actors. - Roger Angell and A. Bartlett Giamatti’s 'Play by Play' - John Updike’s 'Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu' read by Jack Davidson - Ted Williams' miraculous Fenway farewell. - Rolfe Humphries’ 'Polo Grounds' read by Fritz Weaver - Robert Francis’ 'Pitcher' and 'Base Stealer' read by Arthur French - Robert Fitzgerald’s 'Cobb Would Have Caught It' read by Jonathan Hadary - Roger Angell’s 'Game Six' read by the author - The classic description of the greatest game ever played. - Yusef Komunyakaa’s 'Glory' read by Isaiah Sheffer - W.P. Kinsella’s 'The Thrill of the Grass' read by John Shea - Longing for the good old days, a true baseball fan starts a quiet revolt against artificial turf. - Ken Kalfus’ 'The Joy and Melancholy Baseball Trivia Quiz' read by Jack Davidson - A sophisticated comic flair, describes a number of entirely fictional baseball records. - T.C. Boyle’s 'The Hector Quesadilla Story' read by Jerry Zaks - The funniest baseball story ever written – after 30 innings, the game still ain’t over! - A. Bartlett Giamatti’s 'The Green Fields of the Mind' read by the author - The reasons why we'll always love baseball."

A. Bartlett Giamatti, John Updike, Ken Kalfus, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Francis, Roger Angell, Rolfe Humphries, T.C. Boyle, W.P. Kinsella, Yusef Komunyakaa (Author), A. Bartlett Giamatti, Arthur French, Fritz Weaver, Isaiah Sheffer, Jack Davidson, Jerry Zaks, John Shea, Jonathan Hadary, Roger Angell (Narrator)

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