NPR's Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season — Harlan Ellison

This Hanukkah marks the fifteenth season of Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season, one of NPR's most popular holiday programs. The show has built a large and loyal following of listeners of all ages and all walks of life. Each year, Hanukkah Lights attracts some of the finest contemporary writers, including best-selling authors such as Myra Goldberg and Anne Roiphe, whose stories are read by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz, longtime hosts of the program. NPR's Hanukkah Lights: Ten Modern Tales gathers some of the best stories from the programs to create a contemporary look at the holiday. With a mixture of modern folklore, neotraditional tales, and truly contemporary voices, NPR's Hanukkah Lights explores the many facets of Jewish storytelling. A lonely man finds love over the phone when trying to amend a Hanukkah Internet shopping disaster. Faced with discrimination on stage at a holiday pageant, a young girl rebels against the ignorance of her teachers and hopes for a new attitude in the coming decades. And a retirement community discovers one evening that Hanukkah is not just about tradition, but is also about embracing future generations and ways of celebrating. A bonus audio CD produced by NPR includes four additional stories from the original broadcasts, read by Stamberg and Horwitz, allowing readers to listen to the tales in their car, kitchen, or living room. And NPR's Hanukkah Lights features beautiful original illustrations for each story and illustrative flourishes throughout, making the book the perfect gift for the holiday season. NPR's Hanukkah Lights gathers some of today's best Jewish storytellers, from Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel to MacArthur Award winner Rebecca Goldstein. Other authors include Ariel Dorfman, Daniel Mark Epstein, Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer, Lesléa Newman, Daniel Pinkwater, and Max Apple.