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Interview with Jonathan Lethem on his new book "More Alive and Less Lonely" and listener-reader reviews
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 10:46
In the fact of the fear, confusing and despair many Americans feel after the election, one group of individuals joined together to share stories of...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Nov 16, 2016
- Length: 52:51
- Purchases: 1
Alaska's own, Maeva Ordaz, on winning the 2015 Poetry Out Loud national title;
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 06:59
Tammy Bobrowsky reviews The Girl With All the Gifts, Let's Go Fishing!, and we hear listen-reader reviews of Dear Mr. You, and Being Mortal.
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 05:44
Tammy Bobrowsky and listener-readers review the following books: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Letters to Isabella, Home, and The Art of Languag...
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 08:25
Tammy Bobrowsky reviews books with recent or upcoming movie adaptations, including listener-reader reviews: A Walk in the Woods, Room, The Devil in...
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 06:49
Alfred Bundy and Kevin Jenkins in conversation about this book.
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 18:57
The Blue Girl, Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings, Ready Player One, Kitchens of the Great M...
- Added: Sep 04, 2015
- Length: 05:48
Terrance Simien (born September 3, 1965 in Mallet, Louisiana) is an American zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter. He and his band won the Gra...
- Added: Apr 14, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
“I think our music promotes the bridging of all tribes,” Nahko says. “The lyrics and the stories and our energy as a group break down people’s wall...
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 10
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
Novelist Helen Oyeyemi reads from her dreamy, fairy-tale-inspired novel and reflects on themes of beauty and race.
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 07:21
- Purchases: 2
When and where were you happiest? Novelist Helen Oyeyemi answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire, a set of questions made famous by ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 25, 2014
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 2
The U.S. State Department has estimated that 1 million children each year are exploited by the global sex industry. Through a new novel, one author...
Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 2
In short, things are looking dire for students in California; particularly low-income children who lack the resources to seek outside help with sch...
- Added: Jun 10, 2012
- Length: 05:43
The Kentucky poet who coined the term “Affrilachian” has a new collection of poetry. Allison Quantz reports he takes on historical and current racism.
Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 2
A conversation with the author of a new book about the literary history of Brooklyn.
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 08:00
Robert Frost's famous poem helps us reflect on our own paths.
- Added: Apr 27, 2009
- Length: 01:53
- Purchases: 2
A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, WBEZ, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2005
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 4
A humorous look at the rhyming, if not cruelest, month.
Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WKMS, and Public Interactive
- Added: Feb 15, 2005
- Length: 01:25
- Purchases: 3
