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Carolyn Kizer: Past American Voice

From: New Letters on the Air

Women's History Month continues with a tribute to the late Carolyn Kizer, the influential poet who died in October 2014. An unmistakable feminist, ...

Bought by WNJR

Added: Mar 25, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Mothering Decisions

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Some critics of popular culture say there aren’t enough accurate portrayals of abortion decisions. But one scholar says, in some recent mother-daug...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 27, 2015
Length: 03:42
Purchases: 3

Truth and Fiction (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

A new online archive of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these iconic stories, whose earlier versions were often violent and sexually s...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRDP, WYAP, KENW and more

Added: Feb 27, 2015
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 6

Truth and Fiction (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

A new online archive of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these iconic stories, whose earlier versions were often violent and sexually s...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KREV-LP, WTJU, and KUNV

Added: Feb 27, 2015
Length: 53:55
Purchases: 5

Furious Flowers: Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez (Special)

From: With Good Reason

Conversations with celebrated American poets Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KQED, WVAS, WESM 91.3 FM and more

Added: Jan 07, 2015
Length: 52:58
Purchases: 10

Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: Oct 10, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 6

Who Needs Health Insurance? (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WJCT, WCSU-FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more

Added: Jul 18, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 6

Who Needs Health Insurance?

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WCNY, KVNF, WTJU, and KKRN

Added: Jul 18, 2014
Length: 53:57
Purchases: 4

Novelist Debra Brenegan

From: New Letters on the Air

For the holiday weekend, we look back in history at Sara Payson Willis, a novelist, journalist, and feminist who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny F...

Bought by WJCU

Added: Jul 09, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Nerdette S02-E03 (06/23/14): Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner tells us how to Think Like a Freak

From: WBEZ

Caption: Freakonomics' Stephen J. Dubner

Freaks and nerds unite! Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner teaches Tricia and Greta how to think like a freak. Plus a portrait of astronaut Sally Ride on...

Bought by KUAC, WRIR, and KMXT

Added: Jun 24, 2014
Length: 26:59
Purchases: 3

A Burnable Book (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, and KKRN

Added: May 30, 2014
Length: 53:57
Purchases: 3

Man Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright

From: New Letters on the Air

For Women's History Month with a nod to St.Patty's Day, we revisit Irish author Anne Enright, who discusses her dark but humorous approach to writi...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WJCU

Added: Mar 19, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WORT, WJCT, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM and more

Added: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 9

Renowned poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez

From: New Letters on the Air

One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez recently completed her term as Philadelphia's first Poet Laureate. This...

Bought by KBIA, WVAS, and WJCU

Added: Feb 14, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Herland is Our Land

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Kristen Egan walks us through a creepy utopian novel from 1915, and explains why environmentalism and eugenics went hand in hand in the early 20th ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Oct 07, 2013
Length: 06:50
Purchases: 4

If You Could Be Mine

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

A new novel by Sara Fraizan explores the issues of gender orientation. But, what sets this work apart from its predecessors is that it’s written fo...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 20, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, Peggy Shumaker

From: New Letters on the Air

Peggy Shumaker, Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, is adept at capturing the beauty of landscapes, both internal and external. She reads fr...

Bought by WJCU

Added: Jul 24, 2013
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Interview with Alison Hawthorne Deming. Sunday, December 4, 2011

From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)

Poet, essayist, and teacher, Alison Hawthorne Deming compares the northeast and southwest landscapes and their different impacts on her writing pro...

Added: Feb 27, 2013
Length: 29:02

Culturology: Caroline Fraser, editor of "Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books" talks to Heidi Holtan

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology

Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. Now T...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ

Added: Jan 04, 2013
Length: 14:51
Purchases: 2

Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

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

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds

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

Women Writers and Community

From: New Letters on the Air

In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...

Bought by WRKF and WJCU