All Pieces for New Letters on the Air
At the Kansas City Public Library, Irish author Anne Enright discusses her dark but humorous approach to writing about love, desire, death and fami...
- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
Known for his book THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, and his American Book Award-winning memoir, NOBODY'S SON, Luis Al...
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this National Poetry Month special featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very differ...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez, reads from her 2010 books, a collection of poetry called MORNING HAIKU...
- Added: Mar 28, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
Debra Brenegan's debut novel, SHAME THE DEVIL, explores the fascinating true story of Sara Payson Willis, who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny Fern...
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her 2010 collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
Poet James Richardson has called himself an "accidental aphorist," but his well-crafted works are no accident. He reads from his 2010 book, BY THE ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
Peggy Shumaker, Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, is adept at capturing the beauty of landscapes, both internal and external. She reads fr...
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
Fiction writer Lorraine Lopez was a 2010 finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, with her collection HOMICIDE SURVIVORS PICNIC AND OTHER STORIES. She...
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
Poet Michelle Boisseau talks about her collection A SUNDAY IN GOD-YEARS, which examines borders between black and white, free and slave, living and...
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
Esteemed poet and translator, Robert Bly, is joined by sitarist David Whetstone in this public reading for the Midwest Poets Series. Bly reads a ...
- Added: Dec 28, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
Poet and editor Wayne Miller reads from his 2011 collection, THE CITY, OUR CITY, and discusses the art of translation. Miller also shares poems fr...
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
The title our Clarion Award-winning show, "WHEN SHE NAMED FIRE," is taken from an anthology of contemporary poetry by American women. Edited by po...
- Added: Nov 10, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
Japanese poet and fiction writer Mariko Nagai draws from history and personal experience to explore different types of love and desire, and to depi...
- Added: Nov 02, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
Unafraid of incorporating pop culture in his work, Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge is the author of five poetry collections, including TH...
- Added: Oct 28, 2011
- Length: 00:29:01
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson explores the under-reported story of the mass movements of African Americans from the South to t...
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- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
Poet Ada Limon, a California native who lived and worked in New York City for years, discusses how magazine copywriting and poetry work together fo...
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
Alberto Rios, who grew up in a mixed family on the Arizona-Mexico border, recounts his experiences living between languages and cultures in his mem...
- Added: Oct 05, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
