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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...
- Added: Oct 28, 2023
- Length: 28:31
On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...
- Added: Oct 02, 2023
- Length: 27:09
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 27:19
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
The Invisible World of Manuscripts
- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 02:00
On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...
- Added: May 20, 2023
- Length: 28:29
Producer and staff librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with
Bemidji State University professor Mike Herbert---his new book Leaving Campus pays tribute...
- Added: Jun 21, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
We hear from Minnesota writer Rachel Braugham--her new book is called Widowland, Tiffanie Drayton’s new book is called Black American Refugee, it’s...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
We hear from Minnesota writer Marlon James, book 2 in his Dark Star Trilogy is now available, it’s called Moon Witch Spider King; Canadian writer H...
- Added: Apr 10, 2022
- Length: 59:59
Writer Bill Vaughn discusses his new book, "The Last Heir:
The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families."
Bought by Prairie Public, WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Apr 06, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Who is being represented in new books? We are celebrating and lifting diverse voices in new books, those that have long been silenced but in doing ...
- Added: Mar 07, 2022
- Length: 14:21
Author Greg Peters discusses his latest book, "Our National Forests: Stories from America’s Most Important Public Lands."
Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Mar 01, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Featuring writers Seressia Glass, Naomi Krupitsky, Kevin Birmingham and Jean Chen Ho. Also Children's Book contributor, Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Feb 19, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
A top 10 countdown of our favorite WWR authors and interviews, best children's books of the year, and looking towards 2022.
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 59:59
On today’s show…You ever have the urge to escape? To get in your car and just drive and keep on driving? That’s what Phoebe Fox’s main character di...
- Added: Jan 01, 2022
- Length: 59:57
Time now to check in again with Tracy Kampa. She is the Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library. Tracy is also our Children’s Books C...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 11:23
Lecia Cornwall is the acclaimed Canadian author of 15 historical romance novels. Her newest story is a WWI-set historical fiction about a female do...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 08:06
Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 59:55
