New Letters on the Air

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New Letters on the Air, public radio's longest-running literary program, is a half-hour program that is produced by New Letters magazine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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Mississippi native and Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Ford sees fiction as a vehicle to provide renewal and awareness. Ford's latest novel...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Christina Anderson is an up-and-coming playwright in New York, but she grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She discusses the importance of transformat...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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After working for years as a corporate lawyer in England, Alex George moved to the states with his family and opened his own law practice in mid-Mi...

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  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar has made a living as a screenwriter, but 2012 brought him notice as both a playwright and a novelist. He deb...

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  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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As a poet, teacher, and heart transplant recipient, Dean Young realizes that mankind's greatest achievements are the intangible ones. Young reads ...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Terrance Hayes and Yona Harvey
African-American poet and National Book Award-winning author of LIGHTHEAD, Terrance Hayes and his wife, Yona Harvey, author of the 2013 release, HE...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Poet Mark Doty discusses his work, including FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, winner of the 2008 National Book Award, and his 2013 book-length...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey is currently serving as both the Poet Laureate of the United States and of her home state of Mississippi. Trethewey discusses he...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Gloria Vando
Mother-daughter poets, Gloria Vando and Anika Paris, read from their book, WOVEN VOICES, which includes the poem that inspired the musical drama, T...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Naomi Benaron
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid talks about the influence of her birthplace, the Caribbean island of Antigua, on her use of language and story telling, even though...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: :00
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Caption: Adrienne Rich
This month's Save America's Treasures recording, features the late, great poet Adrienne Rich, known for her perfectly crafted, award winning poems....

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Stephanie Powell Watts
2012 Ernest J. Gaines Award Winner Stephanie Powell Watts knows what it's like to be an African American Jehovah's Witness in the South. She talks ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption:        Etheridge Knight
In honor of Black History Month, our featured SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURE archive selection presents the late poet ETHERIDGE KNIGHT. Known for his pow...

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Ron Tanner
Fiction writer Ron Tanner talks about fixing up an old frat house with his girlfriend, a love story that eventually became his memoir FROM ANIMAL H...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for her collection LIFE ON MARS, reads from this book that portrays American life and pays tribu...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Thomas Fox Averill
Thomas Fox Averill's novel RODE was named the 2012 Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy Museum, Based on the American song "Tennessee ...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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In honor of acclaimed writer, Evan S. Connell, who died on January 10th, 2013, we present this 1991 interview by former NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR host...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Poets Off the Page
POETS OFF THE PAGE: POETRY & MUSIC features an interesting look at the works of three different poets who have recently merged their poetry with mu...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Rick Barot
Filipino-American poet Rick Barot started writing nonfiction. Now an award-winning poet, he discusses how the writing process should be one of self...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1