All Pieces for Teosson Wells
In 1989, when Allan Gurganus published his debut novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, he did something amazing: Through a work of fict...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jan 18, 2014
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
Free, audio book excerpt. Once upon a time, there was a girl who imagined a bear. Actually, she imagined a lot of bears. And then she drew them—bea...
- Added: Nov 23, 2013
- Length: 13:16
Free, audio book excerpt. “An art book is a museum without walls” — André Malraux.
Look deeply into the shadows … Rodin wanted you to see his art ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 09:18
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 06:35
Free, audio book excerpt. “Color is a power which directly influences the soul,” wrote Vasily Kandinsky, the Russian painter and theorist credited ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 08:01
- Purchases: 1
Free, audio book excerpts. Nature is the primary theme in her work, and Cui Fei creates art that radiates permanence, harmony, and meaning—a panace...
- Added: Nov 10, 2013
- Length: 06:44
One could argue that the introduction of the modern typewriter just a tad over 110 years ago did more to change the way that humans communicate tha...
- Added: Nov 09, 2013
- Length: 10:19
Free, audio book excerpts. To elevate the decorative arts in the early 20th century, women were encouraged to participate in the creation of beauti...
- Added: Nov 08, 2013
- Length: 08:20
Free, audio book excerpts. There’s something naively beautiful about letting yourself fall in love—it’s the emotional rush, the increasing velocity...
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 09:19
Free, audio book excerpts. If you’ve never explored the charms of Instagram, the world’s most popular photo-sharing application, your initial visit...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 11:14
History repeats, 650 years later. An entire village held hostage for eleven months by a madman and his weapon-toting mercenaries. During that time,...
- Added: Nov 02, 2013
- Length: 17:01
When we hear the word "museum," many of us think about the cool marble edifices we visited as children. Although many public and private museums ha...
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 10:58
The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 08:12
Today, few Americans know much about Josephine Baker. Why? It wasn’t because she lacked artistic skill or failed to remain relevant during a long c...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 18:38
- Purchases: 1
So do you think you’re modern? Well, only if you’re 100 years old.
Is it history that repeats itself, or do we simply not move forward in the ways...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 15:46
- Purchases: 1
For those of us who attended grammar school long before the arrival of the in-classroom computer, one of the greatest rites of passage (right up th...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 09:08
- Purchases: 1
According to Psychology Today, mindfulness can be defined as “a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you observe yo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 09:34
While waiting for the sunlight of a bright new, less-needful day to wake all of us from our collective buying frenzy, there are a few steps we can ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 09:31
In the long ago and far away of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, the clothesline was a common feature of the landscape. Sheets, towels, cloth...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 05:51
Believe it or not, there was a time not so long ago when young people played outside. While most suburban families had their share of Frisbees, foo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 08:43
