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Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2026 with Viet Thanh Nguyen at Symphony Space
Dates: 10/21/2026
📍 Theatre: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
New York, NY 10025
Phone: 212.864.5400
Tickets: $19–$43
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Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2026, Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer), hosts our annual collaboration with one of the premier anthologies of contemporary American fiction. Come along on this spectacular journey of literature in performance and celebrate the achievements of established and emerging writers.
Take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have Selected Shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance.
Did you know that Selected Shorts is also recorded for national public radio? As an audience member, you will be part of what makes Selected Shorts broadcasts and podcasts so special. And you can listen to your favorite stories again on your local public radio station or on the Selected Shorts podcast. To find out more, visit SelectedShorts.org.
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Symphony Space is at 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, New York, NY.
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