This week on The Easy Chair, it’s the iconic short story writer Amy Hempel’s “The Cemetery When Al Jolson Is Buried.” This poignant story is about bearing witness to the final days of a best friend’s life. Full disclosure: I had to record the end four times before I made it through without crying. Also note: there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING even remotely maudlin about Hempel’s story. Like all of her work, it’s brutally, beautifully honest. Tune in to hear this heartbreaking short story masterpiece.
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Episode: 230 Mad Libs
Episode 229: Gift of the Magi
Episode 228: Mightier Than the Sword, Holiday Survival Edition!
Episode 227: Midnight Morning Update (with Rachael Hurwitz)
Episode 226: The Point (by Laura Hurwitz)
Episode 224: “How to Become a Writer” (by Lorrie Moore)
Episode 223: Mightier Than the Sword
Episode 222: The Patron Saint of Words
Episode 221: Popsy (by Stephen King)
Episode 220: Rape Fantasies (by Margaret Atwood)
Episode 219: The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl)
Episode 218: The Fat Girl (by Andre Dubus) Part Two
Episode 217: The Fat Girl (by Andre Dubus) Part One
Episode 216: Mightier Than the Sword
Episode 215: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Part Two (by Joyce Carol Oates)
Episode 214: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been (by Joyce Carol Oates)
Episode 213: Excerpts, Bird by Bird (by Anne Lamott)
Episode 212: Mary (with Saul Fussiner)
Episode 211: Shane (with Saul Fussiner)
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