0ne of America's foremost writers collects a treasure trove of stories，and illuminates the powerful role of storytelling in all our lives．

In 0ctober 1 999，Paul Auster and the hosts of National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered programme asked listeners to send in true stories，to be read on-air as part 0f The National Story Project．The response was overwhelming： Auster received more than 4，000 submissions．Everyone，it seemed，had a story to tell．

0ne of America"s foremost writers collects a treasure trove of stories，and illuminates the powerful role of storytelling in all our lives．

In 0ctober 1 999，Paul Auster and the hosts of National Public Radio"s Weekend All Things Considered programme asked listeners to send in true stories，to be read on-air as part 0f The National Story Project．The response was overwhelming： Auster received more than 4，000 submissions．Everyone，it seemed，had a story to tell．

ANIMALS

TheChicken，LindaElegant

Rascal，YaleHuffman

TheYellowButterfly,SimonetteJackson

Python．Judith Beth Cohen

Pooh，PatriciaL．Lambert

New、ork Stray,Emth s．Marks

Pork Chop，Eric Wynn

B，SuzanneStroh

Two Loves．Will Coffey

Rabbit Story,BarryFoy

Carolina．Kelly 0’Nein

Andy and the Snake。Ron Fabian

Blue Skies，CormStewart

Exposure，MichaelOppenheimer

Vertigo，JanetSchmidtZupan

0BJECTS

Starand Chain，SteveLacheen

RadioGypsy,BillCalm

A Bicycle Story,Edith Rfemer

Grandmother"s China，Kristine Lundquist

The Bass，Mark Snyder

Mother"s Watch．Raymond Barry

Case Closed，JerryHoke

The Photo，BeverlyPeterson

MS．Pound in an Attic．MarcusRosenbaum

TempoPrimo. LaurenShapiro

ALessonNotLearned，CarolSherman-Jones

A Family Christmas，Don Graves

My Rocking Chair,DickBam

TheUnicycle，GordonLeeStelter

MIoccasins．Ft．Keith Clark

?he Striped Pen．Robert M，R0ck

The Do11．Robert McGee

The Videotape，Marie Johnson

ThePurse，BarbaraHudin

A GiftofGold,JohnKeith

FAMILIES

Rainout，Stan Benkoski

Isolation，LucyHayden

]onneetions，Miriam Rosenzweig

rheWednesdayBeforeChristmas，JackFear

HoWMyFatherLostHisJob，FredMuratori

Danny Kowalski，CharliePeters

Revenge，EricBrotman

Ehris，Edwina PortelleRomero

PutYourLittleFoot，Anna Thorson

Aunt Myrtle，Laura Braughton Waters

American Odyssey,Jane Adams

APlateofPeas．RickBeyer

Wash Guilt，HeatherAtwood

DoubleSadness，MarthaRussellHsu

APictureofLife。JeanineMankins

Margie，ChristineKravetz

0ne Thousand Dollars．I．Z．

TakingLeave．Joe Mjcell

ActofMemory,MaryGraceDembeck

SLAPSTICK

Bicoastal，BethKivel

A Felt Fedora．Joan Wilkins Stone

ManVS．Coat．Mle Singer

That"s Entertainment．Nancy Wmon

TheCake，G．B．

RidingwithAndy"JimFurlong

Soplhisticated Lady,Joan Vanden Heuvel

MVFirstDayinPriestClothes，Eugene O"Brien

JewishCowboy,JenniferPye

H0wtoWinFriendsandInfluencePeople，JerryYellin

Your Father Has the Hay Fever,Tony Powell

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