Film buffs and fiction fans rejoice. On this selected shorts, stories that have been adapted for the screen, including All About Eve, The Twilight Zone, and Alice in Wonderland. I'm Meg Walitzer. Pop some popcorn and gather round for movies on the radio.

You're listening to selected shorts where our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction one short story at a time.

We at Selected Shorts love movies.

Film and fiction are both storytelling media of course

with plenty of heroes and quests and life lessons and each discipline is

inspired by the other. Movies provide fiction writers with all kinds of fodder and fiction

activates the imaginations of filmmakers. I've been fortunate to have my novels

adapted for the screen.

The first film Nora Ephron ever directed, This Is My Life, was based on my novel.

But I never fantasize about the possible movie versions of my books when I'm writing. I don't picture actors, nor do I even

see the faces of the characters. Instead, I sort of see a blurry version. The

features may be slightly distorted, but I could still pick those people out in a crowd of literary characters.

And you know how often in films characters from different books get together.

So yes, like all of you, we love film.

But wow, if you want to talk about not only love a film, but commitment to sharing and

showcasing the medium, look no further than the Tribeca Film Festival. Since 2003, Robert DeNiro, Jane

Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff's annual celebration has brought countless new movies

and new artists to our attention. And conversations, expositions and much more to those of us lucky enough to live in

New York City.

And this week each of you listening can be a part of the Tribeca Festival too. Selected shorts recently teamed up with

the festival bringing famous stories that have been adapted into film to a packed house at our

home theater of symphony space. Later in the hour we'll hear the story that Home Theater of Symphony Space.

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