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Nationally renowned writers, singers, and poets pay tribute to Toni Morrison, whose works have earned her the highest accolades in literature and e...
Bought by WJCT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KWMR
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 5
On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Harriet Reisen, the author of the Louisa May Alcott biography The Woman Behind Little Women, about the ...
- Added: Jul 25, 2012
- Length: 28:03
Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor, discusses her favorite author with Canada's food sleuth, Marion Kane.
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 09:12
In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
The third woman in the Parker Devoe Production Series "Thirty Women Worth Knowing.
- Added: Mar 08, 2012
- Length: 04:06
Chicks who dig comics, fighting the epic battle against sexism
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 4
Graphic Novelist Craig Thompson, Pulitzer Prize winning Author Isabel Wilkerson, Musical guest Stephanie Schneiderman w/ chorus and string quartet.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 55:00
- Purchases: 1
Graphic Novelist Craig Thompson, Pulitzer Prize winning Author Isabel Wilkerson, Musical guest Stephanie Schneiderman w/ chorus and string quartet.
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WNJR
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Fiction writer Lorraine Lopez was a 2010 finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, with her collection HOMICIDE SURVIVORS PICNIC AND OTHER STORIES. She...
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 29:00
The title our Clarion Award-winning show, "WHEN SHE NAMED FIRE," is taken from an anthology of contemporary poetry by American women. Edited by po...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 29:00
Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 5
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
Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who wa...
- Added: Jun 20, 2011
- Length: 40:00
- Purchases: 2
The mother of one of our greatest American writers. Long thought to be illiterate ... revealed by her letters to have a distinctive writing voice t...
- Added: May 17, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Marcia Camp parks her unique ride, Joanna Siebert searches for a bird and a connection, Bob Donaldson witnesses the birth of rock and roll, and Ken...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 29:01
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 30:00
"Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert reads from her latest memoir, "Committed." In an interview with Virginia Prescott, she reveals what it i...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Feb 14, 2011
- Length: 53:24
- Purchases: 1
During this program, Janet Fox talks about and reads from FAITHFUL, her debut novel for teens and young adult readers. She also talks about the con...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 27, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Out in southeast Montana, near the small town of Ekalaka, is where Mary Zeiss Stange and her husband, Doug, own and run the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 29:04
- Purchases: 1
It's a New England poetry hour, starting with Amherst's Emily Dickinson by way of Helen Vendler, the closest of close readers of poetry, and ending...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 14, 2010
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Julia Child introduces the Irish writer, Edna O'Brien, who gives a magnificent performance of VIOLETS, a story about fixing lunch for an important ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 26:52
The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: 29:00
Historical novel writer Sarah Dunant talks about she applies her background writing thrillers to write more literary books. The author of the best...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 29:00
Poet Lucille Clifton is widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, and spirituality.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 3
