Series: Profiles

Produced by WFIU

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On Profiles, we talk to notable artists, scholars, and musicians and get to know the person behind the persona.

Since 1997, Profiles has aired interviews with poets, novelists, rock musicians, classical pianists, ambassadors, feminist writers, soccer players, and scholars.

Profiles has a number of different hosts, all of whom are experts and enthusiasts of our guests' work.


3 Pieces

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Nikky Finney, a poet, won the 2011 National Book Award for her work "Head Off & Split." Finney is professor of English and creative writing at the ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
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An intimate hour with New York poet Eileen Myles.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:50:45
Caption: Wendell Berry in Henry County, Kentucky in 2003. This photograph is part of the 40/40 Forty Years, Forty Portraits exhibit at Institute 193. , Credit: Guy Mendes
A rare interview with the American man of letters, advocate of sustainability and local agriculture, economic critic, and farmer Wendell Berry. Gre...

Bought by WTIP, WEKU, and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:12
  • Purchases: 3