By Lorrie Moore. Dennis's wife has left him and his cynical, whisky-slugging friend Mave is trying to help him pick up the pieces. Show more

By Norman Mailer. Our hero recalls the spring of his sophomore year, which he whiled away at the offices of the Harvard undergraduates' journal, The Advocate. Show more

Playwright David Mamet has some typically terse advice for actors in his essays on Emotions, The Rehearsal Process, and The Play and the Scene. Show more

By John Updike. Walter's religious revival is at its height, so he is not looking forward to the arrival of his dinner guest, an imposing and revered scientist. Show more

The diaries of Tennessee Williams reveal a social butterfly whose gregariousness is tempered by self doubt. Read by Paul Birchard. Show more