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Home from the Inside Out
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
Caption: Tina Huang, actress
Home Watch

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:36
What We Carry
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Clutter: it pursues us, fills our drawers, hides our keys.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:18
War and Peace: Four Snapshots
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Memories of War, Dreams of Peace

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:39
David Bouchier Essay: Down by the River Side
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David recalls a beloved children's book with a message.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
Virtuoso Voices - Eugene Drucker (Magical Variations)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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A chaconne is series of melodic variations played over a repeated sequence of notes and harmonies. One of the most famous chaconnes is heard in th...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: :24
Conundrum
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Using a favorite word to explore personal insights.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:50
Look! by Nate Marshall
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His sixth year in the competition, Nate says this piece is about poetry, the Slam, and the positive impact it can have on youth. Nate Marshall is ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
A Story About How I'm Not Going to Tell One by Annie Kahane
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Annie says this piece is about a boy who thought he deserved a story. Annie Kahane is 19 years old and a member...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
A Tree Falls And No One's There... by Team Northside
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Northside College Prep High School, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bo...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:08
Rudolfo Anaya Discusses Oral Tradition in Light of His Novel, "Bless Me, Ultima"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Author Rudolfo Anaya discusses the importance of oral tradition in light of his 1972 novel, "Bless Me, Ultima."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Willing for Trouble: Profile of Tibetan Poet & Freedom Fighter Tenzin Tsundue
From: The Tibet Connection
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Interview with a poet-activist who is inspiring a new generation of Tibetan youth

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with DIANE ACKERMAN, author of bestseller "The Zoo Keeper's Wife."
From: Out of Bounds
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Very personal conversation with author Diane ACKERMAN about The Zoo Keeper's Wife, now a major film.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
Born Standing Up-audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: Audiopolis
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Review of audiobook Born Standing Up

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
KERA Commentary: Huckleberry Finesse
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reaction to controversy at a Texas high school over teaching of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
The Plows
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A reflection on the first snow of the winter.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Stories from the Heart of the Land VI - Depending on Nature
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WFAE, KVNF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 26
This I Believe - George Bowering
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
Interview with Award-winning poet and Novelist MARGE PIERCY
From: Tish Pearlman
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Feminist Icon and award-winning writer MARGE PIERCY in conversation about her life and work

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:30
Stories from the Heart of the Land IV - Nature is Homeground
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour long program about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 55:59
  • Purchases: 27
Stories from the Heart of the Land V - Dreams of Paradise
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world.

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 27
Stories from the Heart of the Land III - Journeys Home and Away
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world.

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUOW, KUT and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 55:34
  • Purchases: 24
Poem for Rwanda
From: David Kates
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Marissa Sellers wrote this poem during her trip to Rwanda in 2006.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:04
Stories from the Heart of the Land I - Portraits in Landscapes
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long programs about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 37
Memoirs, Fathers and Oprah
From: KLCC
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Commentator Melissa Hart considers what sort of payback a memoir by her father might contain.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:39

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