In this episode, we celebrate the short story and the recently published The Best American Short Stories 2025 with author and guest editor Celeste Ng and series editor Nicole A. Lamy.
Heidi Pitlor (series editor of The Best American Short Stories) and Nicole Angeloro, (longtime editor of the series) chat with Daniel Ford about this year's edition.
Jess Walter, author of The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his new short story collection The Angel of Rome.
