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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—all names you might recognize as poets of the Beat Generation. But a friend and inspiration to ...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:27
In 1993, Toni Morrison became only the second American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Joanne Gabbin, executive director of the Furiou...
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 02:39
When naming the most important stories of the 20th century, gossip writer Liz Smith rattled off the assassination of JFK, the Lindbergh kidnapping,...
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 02:34
Charles Dickens turns 200 this year, and two new films based on his books are in the works. But one scholar says there’s more to Dickens than his m...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 02:27
Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 02:26
The Kentucky poet who coined the term “Affrilachian” has a new collection of poetry. Allison Quantz reports he takes on historical and current racism.
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 02:27
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: 02:31
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...
Bought by KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
A report on Tuenti, a unique blend of American and Spanish content that is competing with Facebook in Spain
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 05:15
Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 02:30
Independent bookstores struggle to survive -- and reinvent themselves -- in the age of Amazon and the Kindle.
- Added: Mar 27, 2011
- Length: 06:46
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning poets reflect on creativity in crisis and read from their work.
- Added: Apr 15, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 10:22
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...
- Added: Dec 03, 2008
- Length: 03:45
