Eric Mater

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Recent Pieces from Eric Mater

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Hilda Raz (00:29:00)
From: New Letters on the Air

Poet and editor of PRAIRIE SCHOONER literary magazine Hilda Raz discusses the dual acts of writing and editing. Raz also talks about coming to terms with her child’s ...
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Sandra Cisneros, Latina author of the classic "The House on Mango Street" (00:29:00)
From: New Letters on the Air

Sandra Cisneros, author of the now-classic novel THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, reflects on the 25th anniversary of the book's publication, as well as her growth as a fiction ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler on "Hell" (00:28:56)
From: New Letters on the Air

Writer Robert Olen Butler discusses writing "from where you dream," which he says too many writers are guilty of not doing. He reads from his dream-like short story ...
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Hilda Raz (00:28:56)
From: New Letters on the Air

Poet and editor of PRAIRIE SCHOONER literary magazine Hilda Raz discusses the dual acts of writing and editing. Raz also talks about coming to terms with her child’s ...
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Memoirist and Fiction Writer Tobias Wolff (00:29:00)
From: New Letters on the Air

Renowned short story writer and novelist Tobias Wolff joins Angela Elam and an audience of 500 at the Kansas City Public Library for a conversation about his craft, and about ...
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Comic poet David Kirby (00:29:00)
From: New Letters on the Air

David Kirby is a renowned poet who is influenced by popular culture from Dante to Dagwood. A teacher at Florida State Univ., he reads from THE HOUSE ON BOULEVARD STREET, ...
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First Generation American Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil (00:28:56)
From: New Letters on the Air

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a first-generation American, whose parents are from India and the Philippines. She pays tribute to them with quirky, yet highly visual poems ...