PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay

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Allison Gill is a musician, stand-up comedian, and host of the Webby Award-winning podcast, Mueller She Wrote. Her art has led to her to tackle top...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 52:09
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The story of a girl who was totally convinced her teenage diary would one day be discovered... and become mandatory reading for generations to come.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2016
  • Length: 16:05
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Author Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker reads "The Colfax Crew” an essay from the PEN Prison Writing Contest by Tim Boland of Minnesota Correctiona...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 10:55
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Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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From the above-named new book, author Deborah Jaffe reads an amusing passage illustrating how a classic novelist is celebrated in pop culture.... J...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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What is librarian Emily's biggest fear? Not being able to finish all the books she is in the middle of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30