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Below are the 11 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Etgar Keret" journal:

May 21st, 2009
02:03 am [Link]	"This American Life" - May 22nd Story by Keret on next episode of This American Life - May 22^nd Actor Matt Malloy reads "Shoes" by Etgar Keret, about a boy who betrays his people with a pair of shoes on the radio show "This American Life". Tags: audio, old news, story
January 4th, 2009
08:34 pm [Link]	Audio (streaming and MP3): 4 short stories by Etgar Keret and others Public Radio International \| Family Matters On this hour of "Selected Shorts": Four stories about families and children by classic and contemporary writers ... Israeli writer Etgar Keret's "Pride and Joy," in which a childhood prodigy takes a toll on his parents. The reader is Tony Award- winner Robert Sean Leonard. From: "The Nimrod Flipout" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) This audio recording also features stories by Shirley Jackson, Jeanne Dixon, and Rick Moody (read by Lois Smith, Mia Dillon, and B.D. Wong) Tags: audio, book, news, story
November 1st, 2008
06:20 pm [Link]	Audio from Philadelphia book reading FLP - Free Library Podcast: Etgar Keret & Rivka Galchen MP3 download of both authors reading their stories, and a Q&A session (51:28) Recorded 10/23/2008 at Central Library, Philadelphia Tags: audio, news, story
June 17th, 2008
12:50 am [Link]	Only this week Etgar Keret's favorite radio show, "This American Life", features his story "Lieland" in this week's podcast of the show. "Lieland" is one of the stories available for free download only this week (starting next week, please ignore this sentence :) ). Tags: audio, old news, story
April 26th, 2008
12:54 pm [Link]	"Loquat" - published at LA Weekly LA Weekly has published Keret's short story "Loquat" I gave her the gun, but she slapped it right back into my hand. “That’s not kids, that’s animals,” she said resolutely. “Okay, Grandma, I’ll take the rifle.” I gave in with a hopeless sigh and kissed her cheek. “Now go inside.” “Oh, mon petit gendarme,” Grandma said, clapping her hands happily. Filled with satisfaction at her small victory, she skipped up the steps. “*Soldat,” I cried after her. Tags:* news, story
January 14th, 2008
11:54 pm [Link]	"Freeze!" ("Amodu") at LA Weekly LA Weekly - Short Story: Freeze! Suddenly I could do it. I’d say “Freeze!” and everyone would freeze, just like that, in the middle of the street ... And I’d walk past them till I found the prettiest girls... bring them home and fuck their brains out ... I felt fantastic. I felt like a king. Until my mother butted in ... Tags: news, story
September 16th, 2007
08:59 am [Link]	Exclusive story by Etgar Keret on LA Weekly ILLUSTRATION: Deanna Staffo La Weekly Art/Books - An Exclusive story by Etgar Keret: I was knocking down a wall All women reporters are whores and I was knocking down a wall... Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverstone Tags: news, story
May 13th, 2007
03:22 pm [Link]	One Hundred Percent One Hundred Percent (LA Weekly) Tags: story
May 12th, 2007
10:38 pm [Link]	works at stage.co.il Hebrew speakers may read works by Keret at stage.co.il (rrrrrrrrrespect to Bo) Tags: hebrew, story
10:30 pm [Link]	links to English translations of Keret's stories Here are some links to English translations of Keret's stories from Hebrew: Halibut, One Kiss on the Mouth in Mombasa, The Nimrod Flip-Out, and A Bet. Tags: story
10:29 pm [Link]	Phenomenal Hard-Ons The story "Phenomenal Hard-Ons" (not published in Hebrew yet), appears in Nerve Adult zine and dating community (you can always say you're there for the articles. eh?) Tags: story

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