likely stories Likely Stories: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout By Jim McKeown • Feb 23, 2017 Absorbing story of a woman and her sister, emotionally abandoned by their mother. Listen Listening... / 3:30 Likely Stories: Upstream Selected Essays by Mary Oliver By Jim McKeown • Dec 8, 2016 Evocative essays of a poet obsessed with nature and its effects on humanity Listen Listening... / 3:34 Likely Stories: The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes By Jim McKeown • Nov 17, 2016 An absorbing tale of Dmitri Shostakovich caught in a web of a political nightmare. Listen Listening... / 3:46 Likely Stories: The Vegetarian by Han Kang By Jim McKeown • Oct 27, 2016 Compelling story of a woman suffering from anorexia, and the cultural struggles she faces. Listen Listening... / 3:39 Likely Stories: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara By Jim McKeown • Oct 20, 2016 Wondrous prose of an M.D. studying a newly discovered South Pacific tribe. Listen Listening... / 3:29 Likely Stories: At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier By Jim McKeown • Oct 6, 2016 Story of a farm family moving west from Connecticut and ending up in Ohio. Listen Listening... / 3:45 Likely Stories: Interview with Grace Tiffany By Jim McKeown • Sep 29, 2016 In this special episode of Likely Stories, Jim McKeown interviews Grace Tiffany, author of Gunpowder Percy. Listen Listening... / 3:30 Likely Stories: The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth by Joseph Roth By Jim McKeown • Sep 15, 2016 Chekhovian style stories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the days around World War I. Listen Listening... / 3:38 Likely Stories: The Well by Elizabeth Jolley By Jim McKeown • Jul 14, 2016 Humorous and suspenseful story of loneliness and friendship. Listen Listening... / 3:42 Likely Stories: Lunch with Buddha by Roland Merullo By Jim McKeown • Jun 23, 2016 The thought-provoking story of a road trip with a Buddhist Monk. Listen Listening... / 3:43 Likely Stories: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins By Jim McKeown • Jun 10, 2016 Suspenseful story of two men, three women, and a murder. Listen Listening... / 3:30 Likely Stories: Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg By Jim McKeown • Jun 2, 2016 Tale of a doctor who struggles with his medical oath. Listen Listening... / 3:33 Likely Stories: Selected Poems by John Updike By Jim McKeown • May 12, 2016 One of the greatest writers of the 20th century, John Updike is a master wordsmith. Listen Listening... / 3:32 Selected Poems by John Updike - Likely Stories May 12, 2016 Likely Stories: Thomas Murphy by Roger Rosenblatt By Jim McKeown • Apr 28, 2016 Aging Irish poet, Thomas Murphy, ambles into dementia as he struggles to remember. Listen Listening... / 3:40 Likely Stories: The Witches by Stacy Schiff By Jim McKeown • Apr 21, 2016 Detailed story of the Salem Witch trials and all the people involved in the 1692 tragedy. Listen Listening... / 3:33 Pages1 2 next › last »