Hear Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” Read by Actor James Naughton

Ray­mond Carver’s “Cathe­dral” is the title sto­ry from his third short sto­ry col­lec­tion, Cathe­dral (1983). It tells the sto­ry “about blind­ness and learn­ing to enter the very dif­fer­ent world of anoth­er.” You can hear actor James Naughton read the sto­ry above.

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