LeVar Burton Reads

Hosted ByLeVar Burton

In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury and more to life. So, if you’re ready, let’s take a deep breath...

“Flying Carpets” by Steven Millhauser

A man remembers a summer from his youth, filled with rides on a flyingcarpet.“FlyingCarpets” is from Steven Millhauser’s collection THE KNIFE THROWER: ANDOTHER STORIES, published by Crown in 1998.

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