Through Young Eyes: Stories by Carson McCullers

Guest host Hope Davis presents three works by the Southern master Carson McCullers.  In “Correspondence” a self-important young woman is disappointed in her choice of pen-pal.  Emily Skeggs is the reader.  McCullers draws on her own childhood in “The Discovery of Christmas,”  read by Amanda Quaid.  And “Sucker” explores the troubled and complicated relationship between two teen boys.  Michael Cerveris performs.   

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