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Poet Etheridge Knight
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Etheridge Knight
In honor of Black History Month, our featured SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURE archive selection presents the late poet ETHERIDGE KNIGHT. Known for his pow...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Connie Wanek - "Artificial Tears"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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Duluth writer Connie Wanek is the author of three books, most recently "On Speaking Terms" from Copper Canyon Press. She has received several award...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
The Beat: Patricia Kirkpatrick - "Vision Test"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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Patricia Kirkpatrick lives in St. Paul and teaches at Hamline University. She's won awards and fellowships from the McKnight, Jerome, Bush, and Wil...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Super Bowl"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- Author Matthew Quick Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Matthew Quick, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matthew Quick talks living an examined life, being rejected over 70 times, and what it was like to get the phone call that changed his life.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:26
Shelf Discovery: Rage Is Back by Adam Mansbach
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes to New York City's underground with the graffiti artists of Adam Mansbach's Rage Is Back.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
How LeatherBound Works
From: John DiCarlo
Series: LeatherBound
Caption: LeatherBound Series, Credit: John DiCarlo
A short explanation of how LeatherBound works along with a brief demonstration.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
LeatherBound Billboard
From: John DiCarlo
Series: LeatherBound
Caption: LeatherBound Series, Credit: John DiCarlo
A small introduction to leatherbound.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
Episode 001: Emily St. John Mandel
From: Emily Schultz
Series: Truth & Fiction
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Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Lola Quartet, talks about her unique upbringing, moving to New York with no money, and whether social media he...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 47:08
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 201 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Actress, Author & Singer Carrie Brownstein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN - Actress, singer and author LOIS LEVEEN - Author FEDERALE - Musical guests

Bought by KUT, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR-FM, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 201 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Actress, Author & Singer Carrie Brownstein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN - Actress, singer and author LOIS LEVEEN - Author FEDERALE - Musical guests

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Heather McNaugher, Poet
From: Rebekah Zook
Series: Coffeehouse Reading Series
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Heather McNaugher, a poet and professor at Chatham University, reads from her collection and answers some writer-ly questions.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:30
Marjorie Smith, author of Making Up Amelia
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marjorie Smith talks about and reads from her novel, Making Up Amelia, which is set in Guam, Saipan, and San Francisco

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Author Ron Tanner
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Ron Tanner
Fiction writer Ron Tanner talks about fixing up an old frat house with his girlfriend, a love story that eventually became his memoir FROM ANIMAL H...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to the New World with Rhys Bowen's Murphy's Law.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Author Will Schwalbe on his NYT best-seller, "The End of Your Life Book Club"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Will Schwalbe wrote the best-selling book, "The End of Your Life Book Club," a memoir of reading with his mother during the last two years of her l...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 21:20
"Heart of Darkness, Part 3"
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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In this episode: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, part 3 of 10

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
The Fifty Shades Caper
From: Sean Rasmussen
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 198 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Peter Ames Carlin Author of Bruce: Biography of Bruce Springsteen, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author PETER AMES CARLIN, Filmmaker CHEL WHITE and musical guest EZZA ROSE

Bought by KUT, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 198 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Peter Ames Carlin Author of Bruce: Biography of Bruce Springsteen, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author PETER AMES CARLIN, Filmmaker CHEL WHITE and musical guest EZZA ROSE

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Scapegoat: A Short Story by Michele Coppola
From: WUIS
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Have you ever had an unruly pet? How about an exasperated spouse--fed up with that unruly pet--who issues a final ultimatum: either the pet goes, o...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:44
Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for her collection LIFE ON MARS, reads from this book that portrays American life and pays tribu...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Friends Bookstore of the Minneapolis Public Library
From: KFAI
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Friends Bookstore in Minneapolis is a treasure trove of gently used and inexpensive books. Operated by the Friends of the Library, books are ac...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Charlotte Caldwell, author of 'Voices and Visions'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Visions and Voices: Montana's One-Room Schoolhouses
During this program, photographer and author Charlotte Caldwell talks about the importance of preserving the stories represented by one-room school...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Author Peter Smith
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Can you image writing about all those embarrassing and awkward moments in your life, and publishing them into stories for the whole world to read? ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 20:07
  • Purchases: 1

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