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Agouti story on NPR - 10 years ago? — Brooklynian

Agouti story on NPR - 10 years ago?

quiddity
quiddity
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
OK, this is totally random. Ten years ago (or more, perhaps), I heard a fabulous story on NPR. A woman tells the story about going to meet her fiancee's family. The fiancee had told the narrator that she must eat whatever his mother prepares or the mother-in-law will be highly offended.

When they arrive at the mother-in-law's home in Central America, the narrator sees a dead, wet, sleek rodent-like animal in the sink. She begins to dread that that animal will soon be prepared in a dish she will have to eat.

The story builds up great tension and anticipation. I would love to be able to hear it again, but I cannot find it on the NPR.org website.

Does anyone have any suggestions for finding this story on-line? (And please don't post "let me google that for you".

Thanks in advance!

Comments

  • mbp123
    mbp123
    I have a suggestion, but unfortunately it's only a variation on "Google it." You'll have much better luck searching with a tool like Lexis-Nexis. NPR publishes transcripts of most or all of their programming, and those are indexed on Lexis-Nexis going back many years. This will probably be more fruitful than searching NPR.org, since finding articles like this is the purpose of that database.

    (I actually ran a couple of quick searches for variations on agouti, mother-in-law, etc., but didn't find anything. There were only three articles on agoutis at all; are you sure that's the term they used?)

    I'm guessing that either the Brooklyn Public Library or NYPL has a subscription to Lexis-Nexis. Or you can always borrow the account of a friend who's affiliated with a university.

    Good luck!
  • brooklynjack
    brooklynjack
    Sounds like one of the Selected Shorts. Try contacting them

    http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts

    You might have to resort to the telephone, or sending an e-mail
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    could it be this american life? they have a search engine on their site.
  • quiddity
    quiddity
    Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll try them all. The story has a really lovely moment at the end between mother and daughter-in-law. It's sweet.
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