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Thom Steinbeck Shares His Father John Steinbeck's Ways of Encouraging Reading
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Thom Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck, discusses his father's unique method of encouraging his sons to read.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mary Louise Parker Reads from Carson McCullers' "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Actress Mary Louise Parker reads the opening passages of Carson McCullers' moving novel about race, identity, and friendship, "The Heart Is a Lonel...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Gores Discusses Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist and former detective, Joe Gores, disucsses the "hardboiled" nature of Dashiell Hammett's timeless thriller, "The Maltese Falcon."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
Garrison Keillor Reads from "My Antonia"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Garrison Keillor reads from Willa Cather's Midwestern classic, "My Antonia."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
Ray Bradbury Shares How He Wrote "Fahrenheit 451"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Author Ray Bradbury discusses how he wrote his classic novel "Fahrenheit 451."

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WNKU, and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Alan Arkin Discusses "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Actor Alan Arkin discusses the character John Singer in Carson McCullers' "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
James Earl Jones Reads Shakespeare's Sonnet #55
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Actor James Earl Jones reads Shakespeare's Sonnet #55.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 5
Sandra Day O'Connor Discusses Justice in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor discusses Atticus Finch's sense of justice in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Power of Music in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Musician Blake Hazard discusses the power of music in Carson McCullers' novel, "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
Actor Alfred Molina reads from "The Age of Innocence"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Actor Alfred Molina reads from Edith Wharton's novel about impossible love, "The Age of Innocence."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
The World of 1607 part 4
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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Image of the Other

  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
The World of 1607 part 1
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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"All the World a Stage"

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:03
I Sit and Look Out
From: David Grimes
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A musical setting of Walt Whitman's "I Sit and Look Out"

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Jul 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Sopranos and Hamlet
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
The Sopranos, or the Tiger?
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
Simplify Me When I'm Dead
From: Miranda Diboll
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How the media simplify a life though obituaries or even just a few simple lines.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Seuss Abuse
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Fluidity
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Ritallin performs live: A passionate and erotic piece from one of Canada's best spoken word artists

  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: :53
Merry Christmas Mush
From: Chris Goldstein
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Reading of Merry Christmas Mush by Dr. Suess

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRUA, and KQAT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2005
  • Length: :17
  • Purchases: 3
I am Not Homeless
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem by Highway Poet J. Barrett Wolf

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Boston Moon
From: Barrett Wolf
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Biker Poetry from a member of the Highway Poets

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Allen Ginsberg - Peyote
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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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

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