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Butterfly in the Typewriter
From With Good Reason
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The stories behind two giants of Southern Gothic literature.

  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
My Time in Greece, by Jacob Holley-Kline of Alaska Teen Media Institute
From YouthCast
Caption: Jason Holley-Kline
Last month, Jacob Holley-Kline went on a school trip to Greece. He had worked all of the previous summer to pay travel expenses. When he got there,...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:29
  • Purchases: 1
On Opening an Independent Bookstore
Series: With Good Reason news features
From With Good Reason
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Wendy Welch has written a memoir about what it means to open an independent bookstore at a time when physical books seem to be disappearing. Alliso...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:02:31
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From With Good Reason
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:01
A Conversation with August Wilson Scholar Jeannie Zeck
Series: Quiddity
From WUIS
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation with August Wilson scholar Jeannie Zeck about Wilson’s plays and the many influences on his work; the show also features pe...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:03
Lincoln through Poetry
Series: Quiddity
From WUIS
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Quiddity explores Lincoln through poetry with guest - professor & poet, Dan Guillory, whose works include Living with Lincoln and The Lincoln Poems.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
Lincoln through Fiction
Series: Quiddity
From WUIS
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Abraham Lincoln through Fiction—a conversation with professor and novelist Adam Braver, whose work includes Mr. Lincoln's Wars; also, poetry from D...

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:02
  • Purchases: 1
The poet Sonia Sanchez
Series: With Good Reason news features
From With Good Reason
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Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:30
Furious Flower: Sonia Sanchez
From With Good Reason
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A conversation with award-winning poet Sonia Sanchez, who broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:01
Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight In Odessa
Series: The Write Question
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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During this program, Janet Skeslin Charles talks about, and reads from 'Moonlight In Odessa', a darkly humorous novel about eastern European women ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Importance of Work
Series: Drucker on the Dial
From The Drucker Institute
Caption: Author Richard Ford, Credit: Sahlan Hayes
Host Phalana Tiller interviews Geoffrey Brewer of the Gallup Press and novelist Richard Ford. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wart...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Like Death Eating a Cracker (#1287)
Series: A Way with Words
From A Way with Words
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Digital timepieces may be changing the way we talk, at least a little. There's Bob o'clock (8:08), Big o'clock (8:19), and even Pi o'clock. Also th...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRVO, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Walking Home in Winter
Series: What's Real
From KBEM
Caption: Chee Vue, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
In this poem, a Minneapolis high school student finds a lot of value in walks home when it is cold outside.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:00
Black History Special! "Hughes' Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook"
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
From WFIU
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An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WUIS, KFAI, WEAA, and WPTC


  • Added: Jan 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:58
  • Purchases: 5
OPEN SOURCE: Voices of India - Namita Gokhale & Ashis Nandy
Series: Winter 2010: Featured Shows
From Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Open Source is in New Delhi with two stars of the writing class. Namita Gokhale is a novelist, publisher, and sparkplug of the Indian literary boom...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Robert Wrigley's new collection, Beautiful Country
Series: The Write Question
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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During this program Robert Wrigley talks with Chérie Newman about the poems in his new collection, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. He also reads "American Fear"...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Thomas McGuane, Driving on the Rim
Series: The Write Question
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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Thomas McGuane talks with Chérie Newman about his new novel, Driving on the Rim. Also about working in the film industry as a screenplay writer, wh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:01
  • Purchases: 1
OPEN SOURCE: Financial & Existential Futures - Robert Reich and Daniel Kehlmann
From Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Financial and then existential angles on the dizziness we're feeling. First, Robert Reich, the Democratic policy man, says we're confused about the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
CHICKEN A LA STEINBECK
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
From Leet and Litwin
Caption: John Steinbeck, Credit: FANPIX.net
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. In "Cannery Row" the hobos poach a chicken over a campfire, in a 5-gallon coffee can. What they don't know,...

Bought by KRCB, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:26:55
  • Purchases: 3
OPEN SOURCE: Thoreau For Young Writers - Damion Searls and Dan Chiasson
From Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Two young writers bring updated perspectives to Henry David Thoreau. Damion Searls explores Thoreau the political man, naturalist and writer throug...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Way with Words: A Gazelle on the Lawn (#1284)
Series: A Way with Words
From A Way with Words
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What do you say if you have guests over and someone in your family has a stray bit of food left on his face? In some households, the secret warnin...

Bought by KFOK-LP, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shadowlands
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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What is "perfect love"?

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, KRCB, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 5
A Way with Words: Like Death Eating a Cracker (#1287)
Series: A Way with Words
From A Way with Words
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Digital timepieces may be changing the way we talk, at least a little. There's Bob o'clock (8:08), Big o'clock (8:19), and even Pi o'clock. Also th...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRVO, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Distillations Episode 92: Scientific Collaborations
Series: Distillations - The Chemistry Podcast
From Chemical Heritage Foundation
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Distillations looks at Lord Byron and his classic Don Juan. Also, opium and The Age of Wonder.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:11:41
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is... A Season of Unlikely Happiness, by Laura Munson
Series: The Write Question
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Caption: Laura Munson, Credit: Heidi Long
Laura Munson is the author of 14 unpublished novels and one memoir, which was published almost immediately after she wrote it. This is Not The Stor...

Bought by WFIU and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 2