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Emily Dickinson and Psyche Influence Novel Set in the American West
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bruce Holbert talks about his new novel, The Hour of Lead. He also explains how the Myth of the West damages human relationships and why the bad gu...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Novelist Daniel Woodrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Award-winning author Daniel Woodrell, discusses his 2013 novel THE MAID'S VERSION. Told around a mysterious and tragic explosion at a 1920s dance c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bear King at the Window
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Margi Preus reading an excerpt from her book "West of the Moon."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Blanco & Fred Arroyo
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with a public reading featuring writers of Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage, Richard...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Navigating A Lifelong Love Affair
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Pete Fromm talks about his latest novel, IF NOT FOR THIS, and about the process of being involved while two of his stories were made into films.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Authors Readers Theatre
From: New Letters on the Air
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Richard Peck (A YEAR DOWN YONDER), Brian Selznick (THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET), Sarah Weeks (PIE), and Avi (CRISPEN: THE CROSS OF LEAD) discuss t...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Books Unbound – Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part 11
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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James Joyce was a pioneering writer of modernist fiction and poetry, known for his innovative prose style and complex wordplay. Born in 1882 in Dub...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part 10
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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James Joyce was a pioneering writer of modernist fiction and poetry, known for his innovative prose style and complex wordplay. Born in 1882 in Dub...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part 8
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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James Joyce was a pioneering writer of modernist fiction and poetry, known for his innovative prose style and complex wordplay. Born in 1882 in Dub...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:12
Novelist Thomas Keneally
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark the centennial of the start of World War I with the acclaimed author of 29 books, including the well-known SCHINDLER'S LIST (originally SCH...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part 7
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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James Joyce was a pioneering writer of modernist fiction and poetry, known for his innovative prose style and complex wordplay. Born in 1882 in Dub...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
35 New Books For Your Summer Reading List
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The Write Question producer Chérie Newman talks with Barbara Theroux and Zed about recently-published books.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Akhil Sharma on "Family Life"
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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The writer that so many other writers are talking about is the Indian-born New Yorker, Akhil Sharma. His novel is “Family Life,” a faithful recount...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Food and Wine Books in the News
From: The Book Report
Series: The Book Report
Caption: Elaine Charles, Credit: Former Library of Congress and Miami Herald staffer
A spread of new books about food: from evil sugar to wonderful wine.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:10
Pretty LIT 2.1
From: BJ Love
Series: Pretty LIT
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Featuring some totally pretty literature by Mike Young, Montreux Rotholtz, Ted Berrigan, Jeff Hipsher, Josephine Rowe, Eric Baus, and Elizabeth Bis...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:37
Crime Novelist and Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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Acclaimed crime fiction writer and Emmy-winning investigative reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan reads from her Mary Higgins Clark award-winning novel, ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
47: The Heartbeat
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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A radio drama adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 36:05
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist Richard Ford
From: New Letters on the Air
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We finish National Novel Writing Month with the Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Richard Ford, who sees fiction as a vehicle to provide renewal and ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tell us a Tale Episode 19
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Bearhead" and "Ants and the Grasshopper"

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:04
Gunsmoke Second Pilot: Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye (Different Cast, Re-recorded a little over one month after the First Pilot)
From: Otto Schulze
Series: Gunsmoke The Radio Series
Caption: Howard Culver (second actor to play the part of Mark Dillon)
Gunsmoke Second Pilot: Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye (Different Cast, Re-recorded a little over one month after the First Pilot)

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
The Awakening
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
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The Awakening

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Mr. Bidderoe's Mission
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mr. Bidderoe's Mission

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Ernie's Day
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ernie's Day

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
God and A Red Scooter
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
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God and A Red Scooter

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Man Against Death
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Man Against Death

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00