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Author Danielle Evans: Dealing with History through Fiction

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Exploring complexities through short stories: a conversation with author and 2020 NEA Literature Fellow Danielle Evans

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG and more

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, and KVSC

2021 National Book Award Winner Tiya Miles Turns Her Hand to Fiction

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Tiya Miles, Credit: Stephanie Mitchell

2011 MacArthur Fellow, 2021 National Book Award winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Let's Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius

Jericho Brown reads and discusses his work, his creative process, and Black queer poetry’s capacity to expand concepts of love

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more

Revisiting Ecopoet Camille T. Dungy

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Camille T Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Ecopoet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T Dungy discusses how history and race complicates nature writing

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Anthony Grooms

From: New Letters on the Air

This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Anthony Grooms is a two-time winner of the Lillian Smith Book Prize, given to writers who tackle issues of ...

MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

Prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson talks writing for young people.

From: National Endowment for the Arts

What goes into writing for young adults? In this 2019 interview, prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson shares a few ideas!

Conversations: Shirlene Obuobi, MD

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations

In this episode, Emily speaks with physician, artist, and author, Shirlene Obuobi about fiction as escapism, and the stories behind her debut novel...

National Writers Series: Honorée Jeffers, Wanda Morris, Vanessa Riley

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four

Rochelle Riley talks with authors Honorée Jeffers, Wanda Morris, and Vanessa Riley.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WKAR

Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd

We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more

Kingsley Tufts Award-winning Poet Patricia Smith: Part 2

From: New Letters on the Air

Patricia Smith, a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts fellow and the 2018 winner of the coveted Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, is now the 2021 Ruth...

Bought by WDCB

'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva

Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown

From: New Letters on the Air

For National Pride Month, we'll hear from 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown, who describes the joy he finds in writing poetry and how his wo...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNJR

Meet 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Jericho Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection The Tradition

Bought by WMPG

Meet poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Credit: Emma Pratte

Poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.

Bought by WORT, WMPG, and KZUM

Meet environmental poet Camille T. Dungy

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Camille Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.

Bought by WSLR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KZUM

The Write Question - Hanif Abdurraquib

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Poet and culture critic Hanif Abdurraquib discusses his new book, "A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Black Women Writers in History

From: New Letters on the Air

Women's History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WRKF, WDCB and more

National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 2

From: New Letters on the Air

Affrilachian and Cave Canem poet Nikky Finney talks about her father, the first African American Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court,...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

The Past American Voice of Playwright August Wilson

From: New Letters on the Air

For Black History Month, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR revisits this program with the late August Wilson. FENCES, his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winnin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WDCB, and WNJR

The National Endowment for the Arts presents writer Danielle Evans

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Danielle Evans , Credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Author Danielle Evans discusses her recent short-story collection "The Office of Historical Corrections."

Bought by KZUM and Harford Community Radio

National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 1

From: New Letters on the Air

NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues Black History Month with Nikky Finney whose fifth book is called LOVE CHILD'S HOTBED OF OCCASIONAL POETRY: POEMS A...

Bought by KWMR and GCR (Global Community Radio)

The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Tracy K. Smith, Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Former poet laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith in wide-ranging conversation about poetry, history, and memory.

Bought by WMPG and Harford Community Radio

Novelist Anthony Grooms

From: New Letters on the Air

Anthony Grooms, author of the novel BOMBINGHAM, reads from his recent novel, THE VAIN CONVERSATION, based on a 1946 lynching of two black couples i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

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