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During this program Lynn Stegner and Russell Rowland talk about the process of compiling essays and poetry from more than 60 authors from "the west...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 00:29:45
- Purchases: 1
Deborah J. Hunter's poem "Jazz on a Diamond-Needle Hi-Fi" is performed live in Central Park by jazz musicians Tin Pan. Full poem below.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 00:02:29
- Purchases: 1
Former inmates and activist Mary McAnally read "Stringtown Prison Blues" and discuss their experiences with the penal system. Full transcript of po...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 23, 2011
- Length: 00:03:37
- Purchases: 1
In the late 1970's, Mary McAnally led a poetry workshop for the inmates at Stringtown Prison in Stringtown, Okla. She taught at the prison twice a ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2011
- Length: 00:10:10
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...
- Added: Nov 09, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
In this segment, we bid a fond farewell to Joe Brainard, an acclaimed artist raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We'll hear a communal reading of his poem "...
- Added: Nov 09, 2011
- Length: 00:12:15
In his poem "Autobiography," Joe Brainard tells us who he is. Some of the things that make him unique challenge the status quo of 1950s Tulsa, wher...
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 00:03:30
Jim Chlebda talks to us about his close friend Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a prolific poet and writer who, with her family, left Oklahoma for Califor...
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- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 00:04:07
- Purchases: 1
Part 2 of two programs funded by the upcoming 5-part PBS series "Women, War & Peace," which will air on consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning on O...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 00:30:01
- Purchases: 1
We visit a group of campers who read "Building a Frog," an evocative poem by John Wooley. With the sounds of the forest, cicadas, crickets and frog...
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 00:02:17
Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”
Bought by KMXT and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 2
When solutions seem unreachable and problems unfixable, a walk in the rain can provide a launching point for reflection. At least, that’s what Chri...
Bought by WGXC
- Added: Sep 10, 2011
- Length: 00:02:02
- Purchases: 1
This past July was the hottest month ever on record for Oklahoma, or any other state for that matter. Farmers and ranchers have been hit the hardes...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 00:02:32
- Purchases: 1
During this program, Mary Jane Nealon talks about how poetry saved her life when she was carrying the grief of dying patients. She also reads from ...
Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 00:29:01
- Purchases: 2
Cleaning Graves in Calvert recounts the ritual of death in small town Texas. Listen as a group of men read Quraysh Ali Lansana's poem and share the...
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 00:02:56
Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 00:02:30
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
In his poem "Driveway," Ron Padgett wrestles with the city in his skin - Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this segment, we had people on the street read "Drivew...
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- Added: Jul 13, 2011
- Length: 00:02:35
- Purchases: 1
During this program, Cedar Brant -- poet, wildlife biologist, and environmental consultant -- talks about her childhood in northwestern Montana and...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 00:28:57
- Purchases: 1
Cicada III is a communal reading of a poem by Oklahoma native Scott Aycock. In addition to Aycock's poem, we bring you a granddaughter's grief and...
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 00:02:35
Born to Egyptian immigrants and raised in Ponca City, OK Kareem Salama drove a pickup truck to high school; wore a black hat and bolo tie; and drea...
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- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 00:05:37
- Purchases: 1
Sci Fi author Paolo Bacigalupi talks about his latest novel for young adults, SHIPBREAKER. And in honor of Poetry Month, we talk to literary critic...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 00:59:00
Poetry is an art form in itself and today we have a local authority on it. Ken McCullough is Winona's Poet Laureate. Throughout Ken's career he ha...
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 00:24:29
In this piece, Ellie Evans, a student from the New Mexico School For The Arts, asks the question: What if? What if the world were different? This...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 00:03:50
- Purchases: 1
The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, in its cozy setting on the University Hill, is a place for poetry-lovers. Dedicated only to poetry, this n...
- Added: Feb 21, 2011
- Length: 00:04:03
