Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox,WORDTheatre’s Founder & Artistic Director.

Today on WORDTheatre Weekly, we are sharing the fourth and final story that was performed at our Author Actor•Series last month. “Sheherazade,” elegantly performed by Laila Robins and written by the illustrious Charles Baxter, is well-suited for the season where we hold our loved ones close. 

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Now, here is Laila Robins, reading “Sheherazade” by Charles Baxter. 

ROBINS PERFORMS THE STORY.

You have just heard “Sheherazade” by Charles Baxter performed by Laila Robins.

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