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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
The cycle of abuse occuring as clergy are indicted for sex abuse and media swarms the vicitms. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:33
A letter to God - this young writer calls out for guidance among peers who aren't following a path he wants to walk. This poet is a student at Mo...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
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
African-American history is repeating itself - how can we break the cycle? Morgan Park High School is in Chicago, IL.
Bought by KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 1
His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 01:47
With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:27
Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
Overcoming the struggles of those around him, this young writer confronts drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, gang involvement and imprisonmen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:05
- Purchases: 1
Exploring African-American history leads one young writer to critique Obama's run for presidency. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Cen...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:02
How do you define love? Steinmetz Academic Centre is in Chicago, IL.
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:06
These junior high students reflect on the lessons they've learned from the current administration. San Miguel School-Gary Comer Campus is in Chica...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 01:10
Ian Shoales goes to the dollar store, so you won't have to.
- Added: Mar 16, 2007
- Length: 02:18
- Added: Mar 15, 2007
- Length: 02:11
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 11, 2007
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
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
An appreciation at Academy Awards time of critic Pauline Kael, who led us to a lifetime of pleasurable entertainment.
- Added: Feb 10, 2007
- Length: 03:15
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
Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2006
- Length: 03:01
- Purchases: 1
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
