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Julian Smith, author of 'Crossing the Heart of Africa'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A few months before he was to be married to his long-time girlfriend, Julian Smith was experiencing anxiety about making such a "huge commitment." ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Mark Blasco discussing The Outsiders and his musical approach to the book
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Mark Blasco, Credit: MJ
Mark Blasco talks about his approach to writing songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Plot to Kidnap Lincoln
From: With Good Reason
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Not commonly known, John Wilkes Booth had been part of a long-standing conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln before he shot the president in Ford's Theater.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
Eric Poole, author of 'Where's My Wand?'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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According to People Magazine, 'Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting' is "Gut-splittingly funny ... a deep...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Wesley Stace / John Wesley Harding
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Wesley Stace, who performs under the stage name, John Wesley Harding, discusses his work.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
Mary Clearman Blew, author of 'This Is Not The Ivy League'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Mary Clearman Blew talks about the challenges of writing memoir that includes living people. She also reads passages from her ...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 131 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Willy Vlautin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Willy Vlautin, novelist and frontman for Americana band Richmond Fontaine, Authors Jamie Ford and Jennie Shortridge from Novel:Live ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Mary Jane Nealon, author of 'Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Mary Jane Nealon talks about how poetry saved her life when she was carrying the grief of dying patients. She also reads from ...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 136 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Mimicking Birds, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: writer and therumpus.net founder Stephen Elliott, Harriet Fasenfest and musical guests Mimicking Birds.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Creative Placemakers in Miami
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Three of Miami’s cultural organizers talk about the power of art in building community.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 31:44
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In part two of our conversation with Choreographer Liz Lerman, we explore false dichotomies, including the one that opposes art to science

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Sean Wilentz about Bob Dylan, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Part two of our conversation with Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan in America.

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 3
Why I Really Like This Book
From: Kate Macdonald
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a weekly podcast for curious readers about forgotten books

  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:21:44
A Conversation with Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz talks about slam poetry and community.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Kevin Young
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Kevin Young talks about his book, Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jennifer Egan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Jennifer Egan talks about her National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning book, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, focusing on the transfer of Southern ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WSLR, WHFR, KUOW, KVNF and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 16
A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
David Mogen, author of 'Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During the program David Mogen talks about two categories of Montanans, farmers and ranchers, the evolution of the word "honyocker" and how the sto...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Translator, Natasha Wimmer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 126 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Johanna Stein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author David Oliver Relin, storyteller and NY Times columnist Johanna Stein plus Seattle alt-country act the Moondoggies.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Writer, Unai Elloriaga
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51

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