The Easy Chair with Laura Hurwitz

This week on The Easy Chair, I read to you the short story “The Knowers” by Helen Phillips. Imagine a world in which eve... Read more

Today on The Easy Chair, part one of Stephen King’s brilliant and terrifying short story, “The Man in the Black Suit.” I... Read more

Today on the podcast, it’s a fabulous short story by one of my favorite authors, Vladimir Nabokov. In “Symbols and Signs... Read more

This week on The Easy Chair, I am happy to share the subversively funny, life vs. art, absolutely all-too-true short sto... Read more

This week, it’s Heart to Heart, healing wisdom for the creative soul, with co-host Jane Gross. Today’s episode has many ... Read more

This week on The Easy Chair: another episode of Heart to Heart, healing wisdom for creative souls, with co-host, artist,... Read more

This week’s episode: Blog Jam. I picked some of my favorite posts from my nearly eight-year-old blog, Lolliblog, ranging... Read more

Today on The Easy Chair: “The Child Who Loved Roads” by Norwegian author Cora Sandel. Physiology dictates that all morta... Read more

A progressive scary/funny story by the entire Hurwitz clan.

This week on The Easy Chair, it’s the iconic short story writer Amy Hempel’s “The Cemetery When Al Jolson Is Buried.” Th... Read more

Today on The Easy Chair, I read a spine-tingling scary story perfect for the thick of winter: “Strawberry Spring” by Ste... Read more

This week, I read Lauren Groff’s suburban nightmare/dreamscape story “Ghosts and Empties”. A young mother who has become... Read more

This week, it’s Mightier Than the Sword #3! Co-host Stephanie Spaulding and I have a question from a new writer about bl... Read more

This week’s episode has me and Steph once again joining writerly forces on Mightier Than the Sword, where we discuss beg... Read more

This week on The Easy Chair: Part One of an anti-holiday holiday short story: "Seasonal Work" by Laura Lippman. Grifter ... Read more

This week's episode: “Give the Lady What She Wants”, a winsome, heartbreaking short story by Leslie Pietrzyk. It’s long... Read more

Mother-Daughter Catch Up (with Hannah Hurwitz!) Hannah has moved on from Shoulda Swiped Left; she has had quite an event... Read more

Today on the podcast, I read Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Like all things Dahl, it is part tongue-in-cheek, par... Read more

This week on The Easy Chair, it’s Heart to Heart, with my wonderful and wise co-host Jane Gross. This week we take on a ... Read more

Today on The Easy Chair, the conclusion of Stephen King’s brilliant horror story, “The Man in the Black Suit.” On a summ... Read more