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Audio Editing Intern and Distribution Intern Audio Editing Intern If you're passionate about new writing, but you also have a technical bent, The Drum could be the place for you. We are looking for someone to edit the audio files for each week's piece of Literature Out Loud. more »

Zip-Code Stories: Our November Picks

"The Start of Something" by Liz Moore is our winner for November's round of Zip-Code Stories. Zip-Code Stories is a collaboration between The Drum and WBUR's Radio Boston. Each month, we'll name four zip codes from the Greater Boston area and we'll ask you to send in your 500-word stories (fiction or non-fiction) about one of those zip codes. more »

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Zip-Code Stories

The Drum Literary Magazine and WBUR's Radio Boston are joining forces to bring you Zip-Code Stories, where listeners share their own stories about the neighborhoods that make Greater Boston unique. more »

About The Drum

You don't read The Drum. You listen to it. The Drum Literary Magazine publishes short fiction, essays, novel excerpts, and interviews exclusively in audio form. The Drum is a non-profict 510(c) (3) organization, and your source for Literature Out Loud. more »

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Susan Orlean, Jenna Blum, Paul Harding, Jennifer Haigh, Askold Melnyczuk, Lynne Griffin, Ethan Gilsdorf, Emma Forrest, Roland Merullo, Daphne Kalotay more »

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LATEST AUDIO STORIES FROM THE DRUM

play Issue 20. January 2012

STORIES ON THE STREET James Joyce's "The Dead"
James Joyce's "The Dead" takes place on or around the New Year and Epiphany, January 6, more »

play Issue 20. January 2012

E.R. CATALANO Trying Lessons
In E.R. Catalano's "Trying Lesson," a young girl's search for Titian in the hair-color aisle is the starting point for more »

play Issue 20. January 2012

COLETTE SARTOR Dress Shoes
Colette Sartor's "Dress Shoes" recounts a relationship tested by one friend's transition from male to female. more »

play Issue 19. December 2011

LESLIE PIETRZYK Lady of the House
Leslie Pietrzyk's novel excerpt Lady of the House brings a crisis into the already unsettled life of sisters more »