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Summary

L.A. Theatre Works presents Five Short Stories by Women:  A quintet of tales from some of America’s most distinguished female authors.Life after High School, by Joyce Carol Oates, Read by Sarah DrewOates takes us to a time in the late 1950s, to South Lebanon High School, and shows us the lives of three people at a time of self-discovery.The Banks of the Vistula, by Rebecca Lee, Read by Emily BerglAn ambitious student wants desperately to make her mark in a linguistics class. Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill ©2013.Never Marry a Mexican, by Sandra Cisneros, Read by Rita MorenoThe story of a woman named Clemencia who remembers her family, her parent’s culture, and her affair with a married man.* In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried, by Amy Hempel, Read by Lynn CollinsWhat do you say to someone on their deathbed? Amy Hempel addresses this question head-on, as a young woman describes her visit to a dying friend.Once Upon a Time, by Nadine Gordimer, Read by Alex KingstonThis is anything but a fairy tale. It’s more of a dystopian fantasy - with overtones of the racial inequality in Gordimer’s native South Africa.*From WOMAN HOLLERING CREEK. Copyright © 1991 by Sandra Cisneros. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Vintage Books and by Vintage Español as EL ARROYO DE LA LLORONA, translation, © 1996 by Liliana Valenzuela. Available on Random House Audiobook read by the author. By permission of Susan Bergholz Literary Services, New York City and Lamy, N.M. All rights reserved.Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Publishing date: 2021-02-15; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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