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Her fouth year in the competition, Dianna says this piece is about Emmett Till's mother. Dianna Harris is 17 years old and was an individual final...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 1
Her third year in the competition, Melissa says this piece is about questioning Judaism. Melissa Goldman is 17 years old and was an individual fin...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 03:12
Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Her first year in the competition, Esther says this piece is about being made fun of for talking "white". Esther Ikoro is 18 years old and was an ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 01:48
Her first year in the competition, Annie says this piece is about a boy who thought he deserved a story. Annie Kahane is 19 years old and a member...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 03:04
Her third year in the competition, Deja says this piece is an about the under appreciation of female MCs. Deja Taylor is 18 years old and a membe...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:24
Her fifth year in the competition, Supreme says this piece is about a longing for home (Chicago) and feeling displaced after heading off to college...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:52
Her fourth year in the competition, 'Imagine Amaya' says this piece is an about the world in 50 years - what kind of woman would you like? She is ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 03:05
Her first year in the competition, Melanie says this piece is an unrequited poem featuring Barry Manilow. Melanie Decelles is 18 years old and a m...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:27
Ona Wang is 17 years old and a member of WordPlay, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. WordPlay is an organizati...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:45
Her fifth year in the competition, KeeKey says this piece is about the love of writing, from the perspective of a multi-racial girl (note: in Engli...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 01:34
A Mother's Commentary on Kids and Cell Phone Calls - with sound.
- Added: Dec 27, 2007
- Length: 03:18
With her amazing voice and sly poetry, this young writer approaches depression head-on. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Centre (Chica...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
A moving personal story of one young writer's downfall with anorexia. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 2
Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:47
Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 4
It's Christmas night. The kid is asleep. Two tired adults get naked under the tree for a little celebrating of their own. What could go wrong? Eve...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio
- Added: Dec 22, 2006
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.
Bought by KZUM
- Added: Dec 16, 2006
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
Moving forces you to take stock of what you have, what you want and what you need.
- Added: Dec 05, 2006
- Length: 02:40
Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.
- Added: Dec 05, 2006
- Length: 03:06
It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: 02:39
Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest
- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: 03:22
Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...
Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO
- Added: Jan 04, 2006
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 3
I was 20 years old and I felt as alone as anyone could be. I was, as Charles Dickens wrote of Ebenezer Scrooge, as solitary as an oyster.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2005
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 1
A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.
Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN
- Added: Dec 03, 2005
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 2
