"Lost and Found"

I'm listening this Sunday to the WNYC show "Selected Shorts." One of the pieces on the show is an essay by Colson Whitehead called "Lost and Found." It's a look at how we all have "our" New York, complete with its own history. This isn't the description of this week's show, but you can listen to the piece, read by Alec Baldwin, if you click here and look for this episode.

New York “Lost and Found”
This special program recognizes the 10^th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the character of New York City. Colson Whitehead’s essay “Lost and Found” was originally published in The New York Times Magazine on November 11th, 2001—one of a series of special commissions asking writers to celebrate the city in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. For this program, we offer Whitehead’s essay in a touching reading by Alec Baldwin, paired with an arresting story by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, “U.F.O. in Kushiro,” read by Ken Leung.

Colson Whitehead

Alec Baldwin

Read the piece here, originally published in the New York Times Magazine.