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Anticipation was high at the Story Prize event at The New School's Tishman Auditorium last week. The three Story Prize finalists—Anthony Doerr ("Memory Wall"), Yiyun Li ("Gold Boy, Emerald Girl") and Suzanne Rivecca ("Death is Not an Option") read from their short story collections, knowing that, at the conclusion of the reading, one of them would win $20,000. Anthony Doerr came out the winner. Meant to honor the short story form, the Story Prize award is the largest first-prize amount of any U.S. fiction award. The other two finalists each received $5,000. Click above to hear the audio from all three Story Prize participants as they read selections from their works. Larry Dark introduces the authors. The readings are followed by a question-and-answer session with Larry Dark, the Story Prize director. "I'm sorry to say that James Franco can't be here tonight," Dark joked, referring to one of the hosts of this year's Oscars awards. "So, I'll be hosting." Bon Mots: Anthony Doerr on the pressure of reading at th