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The Write Question - Victoria Chang
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Victoria Chang discusses "With My Back to the World," a poetry collection that engages with the paintings and writings of Agnes Martin.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
MN Reads: "The Quarry Girls" by Jess Lourey
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Jess Lourey talks about her Minnesota Book Award winning thriller "The Quarry Girls"

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:30
MN Reads: “Waterlines” by Jenny Markert
From: WDSE
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Jenny Markert talks about her new book “Waterlines”

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 11:16
Conversations: Jenny Qi
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi, about her poetry collection Focal Point, which examines science, disease, lo...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 1
'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
S. A. Cosby discusses "Blacktop Wasteland"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: S. A. Cosby
S..A. Cosby is an Anthony award winning writer from Southeastern Virginia.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:10
Linda Sarsour: We Can’t Afford To be Bystanders During Covid-19
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A pandemic is no place to be a bystander, says Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour. In this episode, Laura interviews Sarsour about her recently...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Juliet Cutler - 410
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Juliet Cutler discusses her memoir "Among the Maasai." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sean Prentiss — "Finding Abbey" — and the way back home (Part One)
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with author Sean Prentiss.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Casey Charles - 361
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Casey Charles discusses his book, The Monkey Cages, a novel inspired by the 1955 Bosie, ID homosexuality scandal. He also reads a poem from his boo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Margot Kahn and Maya Jewell Zeller - 387
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Editor and author Margot Kahn, along with contributor Maya Jewell Zeller, discuss the anthology "This Is The Place: Women Writing About Home." They...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
MN Reads: "Lemon Jail: On the Road with the Replacements" by Bill Sullivan
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Bill Sullivan spent years as a roadie with The Replacements, traveling with the band at first in the "lemon jail," a late 70's Ford Econoline van n...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 08:32
Leonard Cohen: Evolution From Poet to Songwriter and Singer
From: David Tarnow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leonard Cohen: How a shy, sensitive poet from Canada became a major recording artist. This one-hour radio show documents Leonard Cohen's very firs...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
Catching Up with National Poetry Out Loud Champion, Maeva Ordaz.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Alaska's own, Maeva Ordaz, on winning the 2015 Poetry Out Loud national title;

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:59
The Ghost in the Machine
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Is there an invisible thread that connects humans to all life around us? Novelist Kathryn Davis explores how the fantastical world in her novel, Du...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
Julie Schumacher: Dear Committee Members
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Julie Schumacher talks with Heidi Holtan about her new book, "Dear Committee Members."

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 10:24
Reed Farrel Coleman discusses "The Devil Wins"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Reed is a three-time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories—Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, Best Short Story—and a three-time recip...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 22:07
New book is comprehensive environmental history of Lake Superior's North Shore
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist who has lived and worked on the North Shoreof Lake Superior since 1974; you might know her as the N...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 1
Troubadours, Activists, and Acrobats: "A Show of Hats"
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Guest Host Andy Mahler is joined by the musicians performing in “A Show of Hats," April 29th, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater: Dillon Bustin, Travis...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:32
Lou Berney discusses "The Long and Faraway Gone"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Lou Berney is the author of three novels, THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE, WHIPLASH RIVER, and GUTSHOT STRAIGHT, as well as a collection of short stories...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 15:27
First Draft with Russell Banks
From: mitzi rapkin
Series: First Draft
Caption: Russell Banks, Credit: Nancie Battaglia
First Draft highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft and the literary arts. This week's show features an interview...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Culturology: Kevin McColley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Praying To A Laughing God" by Kevin McColley
In this Real Good Words interview Maggie Montgomery and Robert Saxton were joined in the studios of Northern Community Radio by northern Minnesota ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents! Vince Martinez on Stephen King's The Shining
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Vince Martinez, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Vince Martinez talks about writing songs inspired by Stephen King's The Shining. Written and performed for the monthly showcase The Bus...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Aaron Zig on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
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Songwriter Aaron Zig talks about his approach to writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the mont...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sheryl Noethe, Montana's Poet Laureate
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Sheryl Noethe's poetry and an interview with her are in the current issue of Whitefish Review
During this program, Sheryl Noethe describes her experiences riding on buses from her hometown of Missoula, Montana, to other Montana cities where ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1