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HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But 15 years after his ...
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Revolution - Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes in...
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 04:24
HOUR ONE: "When Women Rule" - From Homer to Harvey Weinstein, women are reclaiming the classics in the age of #MeToo. HOUR TWO: "Locked Up" - Ima...
- Added: Jan 18, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But is reading him diff...
- Added: Sep 07, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narrativ...
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- Added: Jun 29, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
“I keep saying ‘where’s the body? Kill someone,’” Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 09, 2018
- Length: 23:58
- Purchases: 1
Three Sisters is being performed by the Indiana University Theatre Department at the Wells-Metz Theatre on campus beginning this Friday, October 13...
- Added: Oct 17, 2017
- Length: 34:55
In Rockland, Maine celebrants of the 129th birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay gathered zoomlike to honor her poetry. A woman's genius valued for i...
- Added: Sep 17, 2017
- Length: 05:32
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler.
- Added: Mar 05, 2017
- Length: 03:07
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Adultery by Paulo Coelho.
- Added: Jan 15, 2017
- Length: 02:54
Previously on CC, we brought you Part One of “How Teaching at a Tribal College Changed My Life—Or at Least My Teaching” with Winona State Universit...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 27:05
Publisher and fiction writer, Danielle Dutton, discusses the poetics of suburbia and the roadblocks of women in publishing. In the second half Prof...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:51
In this Popcast, hear about the surprising podcast-like feel of a 1972 radio documentary about Sylvia Plath.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 04:38
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 29:33
CD Wright discusses the evolution of langauge in her poetry collections.
Sasha Pimentel reads a Poetic License highlighting the power of line brea...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 29:01
This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 21:08
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Riding with Emily." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:47
Retired educator, Lorie Yourd, shares her insightful, reflective poem "After Hearing About the Rain."
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Danielle Sosin's novel, "The Long Shining Waters," tells three stories of three women living around the shores of Lake Superior in three distinct t...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 2
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:46
Katie Hae Leo is an actor, and a widely published and award winning poet living in Rochester, Minnesota. Here Katie Hae Leo recites her poem titled...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 02:19
Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...
Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 29:07
- Purchases: 7
Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 5