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Podcast: The Cosmic Library
Episode: Season 5 Trailer: The Short Story in the United States
Description: The trailer is here for the new season of The Cosmic Library! This five-episode season concerns a subject both smaller and vaster than any massive book, and that subject is: short stories in the United States.Youâll hear how short stories exceed their own brevity and meld with a readerâs mind; youâll hear about the history of the short story across continents; youâll hear how stories are edited at The New Yorker; and youâll hear a thrilling reading of the cosmically bewildering âWakefield,â a classic story by Nathaniel Hawthorne in which this...