"There Are in This World Moments of Great Beauty," a story by Keith Lee Morris, appeared in Ninth Letter volume 2, number 2, our Fall/Winter 2005 issue. This audio version is performed by Mallory Portnoy as part of a collaborative project between Ninth Letter and the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.
Keith Lee Morris is the author of The Dart League King (Tin House Books, 2008), The Greyhound God, and The Best Seats in the House: Stories (both from University of Nevada Press). His story "Camel Light" appears in the current issue of Ninth Letter (volume 5, number 2), and other stories have been published in such journals as A Public Space, Southern Review, Ninth Letter, Cincinnati Review, New England Review, and Best New Stories from the South. He teaches at Clemson University.