Meg Wolitzer

So, four stories that ask us to extend our ideas about nature and its impact on us.

Sometimes it's a thing we try to make do our bidding.

Sometimes it's a backdrop to the ways in which the places we start from and those we hope to reach define us.

And sometimes it's a source of unexpected joy.

I'm Meg Wolitzer.

Thanks for joining me for Selected Shorts.

Selected Shorts is produced by Jennifer Brennan and Sarah Montague.

Our team includes Matthew Love, Drew Richardson, Mary Shimkin, Vivienne Woodward, and Magdalene Robleski.

The readings are recorded by Miles B. Smith.

Our programs presented at the Getty Center in Los Angeles are recorded by Phil Richards.

Our theme music is David Peterson's That's the Deal, performed by the Deardorff Peterson Group.

Selected Shorts is supported by the Dunn-Gannon Foundation.

This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Selected Shorts is produced and distributed by Symphony Space.