The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015

Series produced by Peter Johnson

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Weekdays, compelling brief 100-second readings by the authors of new books: authentic, contemporary, eclectic. "Many voices, many views, changing daily." Freshly entertain your listeners daily, then give them their next great read -- and help seal their station loyalty. We post only a few sample readings here on PRX. Drop them into the 2-minute top-of-the-hour window, with time left for your ID. You may easily zip-download free the current month's readings via the red link at the top of our Home Page: authorscornerDOTorg

Weekdays, compelling brief 100-second readings by the authors of new books: authentic, contemporary, eclectic. "Many voices, many views, changing daily." Freshly entertain your listeners daily, then give them their next great read -- and help seal their station loyalty. We post only a few sample readings here on PRX. Drop them into the 2-minute top-of-the-hour window, with time left for your ID. You may easily zip-download free the current month's readings via the red link at the top of our Home Page: authorscornerDOTorg


9 Pieces

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We hope you've never been in a store like this one! Chuckle with author Amanda Filipacchi, who writes with deceptive ease and here reads from her w...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Award-winning New York Times sports journalist Mary Pilon reads from her new book, The Monopolists.... The content may not be what you think; trivi...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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African-American author LaShonda Katrice Barnett, interviewed recently on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday (2/8/15), reads here from her heralded new n...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Presidents often disappoint us. Professor Rowland Brucken reads from his book, A Most Uncertain Crusade: The United States, the United Nations, and...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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When Bad Guys don't always win, we can cheer: Author Kevin Fortuna reads from his story collection, The Dunning Man. Have you ever taken bold actio...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Author Charles Spencer reads from his gripping book (a best seller in England), "Killers of The King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I." Just...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Author Charles Spencer reads again from his gripping book (a best seller in England), "Killers of The King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I....

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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We sometimes run across these oh-so-young adults writing memoirs... huh? What do they know at 30-something? Well, if you look up the extensive entr...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40