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Norman Green discusses his novel "Way Past Legal"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Norman Green has been, at various times, a truck driver, a construction worker, a project engineer, a factory rep, and a plant engineer, but never,...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
Bill Fitzhugh discusses his novel "Highway 61 Revisited"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Bill Fitzhugh writes satiric crime novels, the occasional comic mystery, and a weekly show for the Deep Tracks channel of XM Satellite Radio.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
Author James Siegel discusses his novel "Derailed"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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James Siegel is a thriller novelist and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBDO New York.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:25
Author Marilyn Johnson discusses her book "Dead Beat," a history of obituary writing
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Author Marilyn Johnson hs written the obituaries for Katharine Hepburn, Princess Diana, Jackie Onassis, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Marlon Brando fo...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:52
James Crumley discusses his novel "The Final Country"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Often called a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter Thompson, Texas-born James Crumley is the author of twelve novels. He died in 2008.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 31:29
Michael Ledwidge discusses his novel "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Michael Ledwidge is the author of "The Narrowback" and "Bad Connection." He has also written five novels in collaboration with James Patterson.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:41
Bob Truluck discusses his novel "Saw Red"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Bob Truluck is a building contractor and novelist living in Florida.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:17
J Milligan discusses his novel "Jack Fish"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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J Milligan is the author of "The Wisdom of Big Bird" and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:04
Sean Doolittle discusses "Burn"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Sean Doolitte is the author of "Dirt" and is busy on his next novel.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 31:43
Ben Rehder discusses "Bone Dry"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Ben Rehder is a novelist living in Texas.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:26
Tim Dorsey discusses "Torpedo Juice"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Tim Dorsey is a novelist and former newspaperman living in Florida.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 28:47
Scott Phillips discusses "Cottonwood"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Scott Phillips is the author of several novels, including "The Ice Harvest."

  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
George Pelecanos discusses "Hard Revolution"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Novelist George Pelecanos is also a contributor to the awarding winning HBO series "The Wire."

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
Jenny Siler discusses "Flashback"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Jenny Siler is a writer living in Maine.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:01:02
The late Donald Westlake discusses "Money for Nothing"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Author of over 100 books and a three-time Edgar Award winner, Donald Westlake is a renowned and prolific mystery writer. He died in 2008.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 30:25
Daniel Woodrell discusses "The Death Sweet Mister"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Daniel Woodrell lives in the Ozarks.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 30:13
Victor Gischler discusses "Gun Monkeys"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Victor Gischler is a writer and professor living in Oklahoma.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 30:29
Rick DeMarinis discusses "Sky Full of Sand"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Rick DeMarinis is a novelist living in Montana.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 30:40
Loss + Found
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
Caption: The Masonic Temple, pre refab
The LVIS girls return to you this week (after a brief thesis-induced hiatus) with the Loss and Found episode.

  • Added: May 10, 2009
  • Length: 35:20
The Pride
From: Matt Gajewski
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A young lion's hapless father aspires to be King of the Jungle.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 48:30
Show 9: Quinntessence
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Quinntessence: Dylan's Spiritual Quest

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
Show 5: Ballads, Part II
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Fate in Dylan's Long Ballads

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Scent of Eddie G's Dad Lying Under the Xmas Tree After Pouring Concrete
From: Katie McGowan
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An experimental audio documentary/sound collage on people's perceptions of scents.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 14:27
Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Jack Kerouacs's Belief & Technique for Modern Prose - a reading

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? On the Road, The American Road
From: Modern Language Association
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American road trips in literature and film

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 8