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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 24:58
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
Wendy Welch has written a memoir about what it means to open an independent bookstore at a time when physical books seem to be disappearing. Alliso...
Bought by Prairie Public, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 3
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...
Bought by KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
California is facing a $13 billion budget shortfall over the next year and a half, and it’s safe to say that the pain will be felt across public se...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 06:35
- Purchases: 2
During the Cold War of the 20th century, Russians and Americans saw each other as rivals. But as Kelley Libby reports, that rivalry was cultivated ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A conversation with the author of a new book about the literary history of Brooklyn.
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 08:00
Roland Emmerich talks art, politics, and why we need a new word for conspiracy.
- Added: Oct 26, 2011
- Length: 13:16
FINDING JOE -- Filmmaker Pat Solomon on bliss, fear, and why Joseph Campbell will always be relevant.
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 13:51
Comedian/Author Karen Bergreen tells us about Moms killing Moms and has words for Nancy Grace.
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 05:21
If you take a look at the list of contributors to the San Francisco-based novel, No Rest for the Dead, it reads like a mystery writers’ hall of fam...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 02:14
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 05:22
In San Francisco, Fillmore-based Marcus Books has been a hub for the neighborhood’s black community since it opened in 1959. Founders Julian and Ra...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 12:58
Who would have thought that Borders, the corporate bookselling behemoth that had stores in practically every mini mall across America, would now be...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 05:44
This is the story of the trumpeter of New Amsterdam sent to rouse his countrymen to ward off a British invasion. Unable to find a ferryman, he swea...
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 03:29
A tale of the imps, goblins, and other demons said to reside on Thunder Mountain and raise squalls on the waters below.
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 02:40
A tale of ghost ships sailing up the Hudson or seen just before a storm.
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 03:06
Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.
Bought by KENW, KISA Digital Studios, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 05:00
Last November, hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest the Burmese election. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 9,0...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 05:01
It may surprise you to learn that 40 of the 50 states have Poet Laureates, as do a growing number of California cities – including Emeryville, whic...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:43
If a town’s success is determined by the number of laundromats it has, the East Bay city of Richmond is set. They’ve got Teddy Bear Wash n Dry, Oas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 2
The authors of "Trailer Ahoy!" and "Trees as Good Citizens" enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 03:06
- Purchases: 1
An old church in London may hold secrets concerning Shakespeare and the great English actors of his era.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 04:24
- Purchases: 1
