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Poet and MacArthur "Genius" Ben Lerner

From: New Letters on the Air

In this archive program, Ben Lerner, who was recently named a 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, discusses his first two books, THE LICHTENBERG FIGURE...

Bought by WNJR

Added: Jan 27, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Write Question - Saif Alsaegh - 220

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

An Iraqi Poet In Montana. Saif Alsaegh was a young boy living in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 11, 2001. At the time, he and the other members of his...

Bought by KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Oct 26, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

Terry Gould

From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes

Terry Gould is a veteran and author of "How Can You Mend This Purple Heart". He talks about our need to recognize and show support for our veterans.

Added: Sep 29, 2015
Length: 01:01

The Golden Lions - The Battle of the Bulge (Sample Reading)

From: John Messmer

My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

Added: Mar 26, 2014
Length: 11:01

Edwidge Danticat

From: New Letters on the Air

Edwidge Danticat, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, returns fifteen years after her first interview with NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR to t...

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WJCU

Added: Feb 06, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

First World War poetry - The End by Wilfred Owen, read by Mark Prescott

From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium

Caption: Names of fallen soldiers from the First World War, engraved on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...

Added: Nov 01, 2012
Length: 06:44

David Abrams, author of FOBBIT

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

During this program, David Abrams talks about and reads from FOBBIT, his novel that has been compared to M*A*S*H and Catch-22.

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

Added: Sep 26, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 3

A Conversation with Tim O'Brien

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska

Added: Nov 10, 2011
Length: 29:35
Purchases: 3

Readings about Conflict and Peace, Part 1

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Part 1 of two programs funded by the upcoming 5-part PBS series "Women, War & Peace," which will air on consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning on O...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Sep 26, 2011
Length: 30:02
Purchases: 1

The Things They Carried - A Big Read Documentary

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read

Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more

Added: Aug 16, 2011
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 8

Voice of Witness sheds light on Burmese police state

From: KALW

Caption: U Agga Nya Na, an activist monk who led an uprising against the Burmese military regime., Credit: Robert Fuller

Last November, hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest the Burmese election. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 9,0...

Added: Jun 06, 2011
Length: 05:01

WNR: The Iraq War, in Verse

From: War News Radio

From "Pen to Paper" (March 13, 2009): War News Radio looks at the experiences of soldier-poets, who are shaping their memories of serving in the Ir...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio