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Ray Bradbury's best work... the movie's opening credits were done with audio voiceover while antennas (and no words) grace the opening screen...
- Added: Feb 18, 2017
- Length: 02:12:23
Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 52:59
- Purchases: 4
“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” This half-hou...
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 4
Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...
Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 29:13
- Purchases: 7
Hear acclaimed authors including Michael Chabon (Wonderboys), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), and Walter Mosley discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's coming...
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 29:08
- Purchases: 6
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more
- Added: Aug 12, 2011
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 13
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.
- Added: Mar 17, 2010
- Length: 10:59
Author Alan Ginsberg reminisces on the effects peyote had on him and some of his writings. (1995)
Bought by WRVO Public Media
- Added: Jul 06, 2005
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1