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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Seemingly small problems quickly spiral out of control in two encore stories from the 2004 season of Stories on Stage—"The Bone of Contention," by Zora Neale Hurston, and "Reasonable Terms," by Hannah Tinti.

Daniel Bryant reads about a town divided in Hurson's "The Bone of Contention."

Wendi Weber reads Tinti's tale about protesting zoo animals, titled "Reasonable Terms."


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Unexpected adventures ensue when characters are unwilling to follow prescribed agendas. Bruno Schulz and Vladimir Nabokov are the featured authors this week.
Stories on Stage 7/22/2007
Accidents of timing figure prominently in both stories this week, from the fortunate to the disastrous, by authors Kevin Brockmeier and Lily Tuck.
Stories on Stage 7/15/2007
Two stories are featured this week about how unfamiliar our own families can seem in difficult circumstances, by authors Lynn Freed and Judy Budniz.
Stories on Stage 7/8/2007
Seemingly small problems quickly spiral out of control in two encore stories from the 2004 season of Stories on Stage—"The Bone of Contention," by Zora Neale Hurston, and "Reasonable Terms," by Hannah Tinti.
Stories on Stage 7/1/2007
This week, we revisit three stories from the 2004 season of Stories on Stage—"The Impressionist" by Heidi Jon Schmidt, "Blood" Sharon Solwitz and "The Model" by Guy di Maupassant.
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