Am certainly going to listen to these >>>
NPR --> Search --> Criterion: national story project

Have just finished reading the book,
edited by Paul Auster,
which resulted from this project.

You can purchase it at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)- - True Tales of American Life

Whilst a guest on a national radio show in the USA, Paul Auster ]...[ requested listeners to send in their true stories, the only stipulation being that they were true, and short.

I found them all very moving, because of a strong feeling they were often very personal, but becasue there are so many of them, they become frustratingly forgettable......