THE NEW YORKER   Jonathan Lethem reads James Thurber’s short story “The Wood Duck” and discusses Thurber with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. “The Wood Duck” was published in The New Yorker in November, 1936, and is collected in “The Thurber Carnival.”  ...

NPR Three short stories about the stuff we buy — books, toys and clothes. Are E-Books Actually Destroying Traditional Publishing? Why Legos Are So Expensive — And So Popular?  3-D Printing Is (Kind Of) A Big Deal?  ...